Archives for April 2018

Pictured here is the fifth army of the Potomac monument

The Fifth Corps, Army of the Potomac

Inscription: “To commemorate the valor of the Fifth Corps, Army of the Potomac, and in loving memory of its heroic…

Picture of the landscape in Hurkamp Park

From Burying Ground to Park

Inscription: In 1774, St. George’s Parish purchased the land around you for a cemetery. Following the American Revolution and disestablishment…

Pictured here is George Washington's Boyhood Home

George Washington’s Boyhood Home at Ferry Farm

Inscription:  Located directly across the river from where you are standing is the site of the boyhood home of George…

Picture of the Heights at Smith Run plaque

The Heights at Smith Run

Inscription: From May 1-3, 1863 Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson fought a powerful federal army to a standstill…

Pictured here is the Kenmore viewed from the gate

Kenmore

Inscription:  Four blocks west stands Kenmore, built in 1775 by Col. Fielding Lewis for his wife, Betty, sister of George…

Picture of the side of the Lewis Store

The Lewis Store

Inscription:  Councilor John Lewis (1694-1754) of Warner Hall in Gloucester County purchased 406 ac. at Fredericksburg’s northern edge in 1742…