Posts Tagged With: Churches

Pictured here is the Presbyterian Church of Fredericksburg
Posted in 18th Century, All Markers, Buildings, Civil War, Churches
March 13, 2018
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A Vast Hospital

Inscription: “Wounded Union soldiers in a Fredericksburg yard, May 1864. All but one of these men have been wounded in…

Pictured here is Shiloh Church (new Site)
Posted in 19th Century, All Markers, African American History, Buildings, Churches
April 16, 2018
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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
Posted in 19th Century, All Markers, African American History, Buildings, Churches
April 16, 2018
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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…