About Jay Gaddie

Jason Gaddie is a senior in college. Born on July 1990 in Winchester, Massachusetts. He was raised in Methuen for eight years and went on to live in Flower Mound and El Paso, Texas; Okinawa, Japan; Bellingham, Washington; and Anaheim, California. He currently lives in Stafford, Virginia. He has been to thirty-three out of the fifty states and has visited three different countries. He graduated from Fullerton College in 2014, with an Associate’s Degree in History.

Articles created by Jay Gaddie

Pictured here is the site of the Barton Street Potters Field

The Barton Street Potter’s Field

Inscription: “This marker commemorates the indigent and unknown once interred on this site. Provided by the City in 1816 and…

Pictured here is the canal ditch

The Canal Ditch

Inscription: “The post-Civil War street in front of you, Kenmore Avenue, covers a wartime millrace or canal ditch. On December…

Pictured is the side view of Hurkamp Park

The Corporation Burying Ground

Inscription: “The park around you was once known as the Corporation Burying Ground. Burials occurred here from 1787 through 1853…

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 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…

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…