You searched for Postal Code: 22401
Page 20 of 20 — Showing results 191 to 196 of 196
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G_the-canal-ditch_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The post-Civil War street in front of you, Kenmore Avenue, covers a wartime millrace or canal ditch. On December 13, 1862, the ditch became a maddening obstacle to Union soldiers advancing against Marye's Heights. Five feet deep, 15 feet wide, and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F_maryes-heights_Fredericksburg-VA.html
A Northern photographer took this picture of Marye's Heights in May 1864, setting up his camera in front of "Federal Hill," a large white house approximately 250 yards to your left-rear. Seventeen months earlier, thousands of Union soldiers caught…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E_a-diversion_Fredericksburg-VA.html
3 May 1863. During the Chancellorsville Campaign, Brigadier General John Gibbon deployed his Union division in this area in support of other federal units in Fredericksburg.
On the morning of May 3, Gibbon's troops rushed forward to assault the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D_stating-inalienable-rights_Fredericksburg-VA.html
On October 7, 1776, three months after the Continental Congress had adopted the Declaration of Independence, the Virginia Assembly held its first session, in Williamsburg. The Assembly appointed Thomas Jefferson and four delegated to a Committee o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C_weedons-tavern_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Constructed shortly after Fredericksburg's founding in 1728, the tavern across the intersection became a popular gathering place under the proprietorship of its first owner, John Gordon, and then of his son-in-law, George Weedon. George Washington…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B_seeking-civil-rights_Fredericksburg-VA.html
On July 2, 1960, minority citizens of Fredericksburg began a protest to effect social and political change through direct action. A larger Civil Rights Movement had begun in earnest following the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a…