Archives for April 2018

pictured here is the Liberty Town mural

Liberty Town

Inscription:  This small community laid out on the edge of town in 1812, greeted overland travelers with a wagon yard,…

Pictured here is the view up Hanover Street towards Marye's Heights.

Marye’s Heights

Inscription: A Northern photographer took this picture of Marye’s Heights in May 1864, setting up his camera in front of…

Pictured here are the graves in the Masonic Cemetery

Masonic Cemetery

Inscription:  Fredericksburg Lodge #4, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, organized as a lodge in 1752. They established this cemetery in…

Pictured here is the Ravaged Town State Marker

Ravaged Town

Inscription:  Fredericksburg had enjoyed more than a century of comfortable prosperity by 1860. Although its economic heydey was past, the…

Picture of the Sentry Box and street

The Sentry Box

Inscription: “The Sentry Box (ca. 1786) is an elegant specimen of late~Georgian~style architecture. Brig. Gen. George Weedon of the Continental…

Pictured here is Shiloh Church (new Site)

Shiloh Baptist Church (New Site)

Inscription:  In 1886, the African Baptist Church, on Sophia Street, sustained serious flood damage. The congregation purchased a new site…