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Pictured here is the view up Hanover Street towards Marye's Heights.
April 3, 2018
by Milen Mehari

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
April 21, 2018
by Milen Mehari

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
April 10, 2018
by Milen Mehari

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
April 17, 2018
by Jay Gaddie

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)
April 16, 2018
by Milen Mehari

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…

Pictured is the Shiloh Church (Old Site) building
April 16, 2018
by Milen Mehari

Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site)

  Inscription: Former slaves, as well as free blacks, realized that education was critical to African-American aspirations. Immediately after the…