People Category

pictured here is George Rogers Clark on the March to Vincennes
March 30, 2018
by Lakelyn Wiley

George Rogers Clark 1752-1818

Inscription: In grateful acknowledgment of the valor and the strategic victories of General George Rogers Clark, Son of Old Virginia,…

Pictured here is George Washington's Boyhood Home
April 23, 2018
by Milen Mehari

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…

Pictured here is a portrait of Hugh Mercer
March 30, 2018
by Lakelyn Wiley

Hugh Mercer

Inscription: Sacred to the memory of Hugh Mercer, Brigadier-General in the Army of The United States; He died on the…

Pictured here is the Kenmore viewed from the gate
April 1, 2018
by Milen Mehari

Kenmore

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

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 entrance to the Willis Hill Cemetery
April 24, 2018
by Milen Mehari

Willis Hill Cemetery

Inscription:  This quiet hilltop graveyard, dating to the mid-eighteenth century, sheltered Confederate soldiers during the Battle of Fredericksburg. Medical personnel…