You searched for City|State: fredericksburg, va
Page 35 of 36 — Showing results 341 to 350 of 358
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2M_fredericksburg-city-dock_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Why was Fredericksburg important to the Union war effort? The answer lies in logistics. The Union army, numbering more than 100,000 troops, required tons of food, clothing and other supplies to operate, Wagon trains could supply the army for short…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2L_rocky-lane_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Rocky Lane leading to Washington Ferry. Center pontoon bridge was located near foot of lane (Battle of Fredericksburg) December 11 - 16, 1862.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2J_brig-gen-john-minor_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Hazel Hill, the home of John Minor (13 May 1761 - 8 June 1816), a close friend of President James Monroe, once occupied this site. Minor served as a soldier in the American Revolution, as a colonel if the Spotsylvania County militia, and as a brig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2I_fredericksburg-normal-and-industrial-institute_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Due to the efforts of local blacks, Fredericksburg Normal and Industrial Institute (FNII) opened in October 1903 at the Shiloh New Site Baptist Church with about 20 students. In 1906 the board of trustees purchased land and a large farmhouse here,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2G_second-town-hall-market-house_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The building in front of you is the Town Hall / Market House. Completed in 1816, it served as Fredericksburg's governmental center until 1982, making it the second oldest continuously used town hall in the American south. The building was used in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2F_the-market-square_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The space you are standing in is historic Market Square. When Fredericksburg was created in 1728, seven leading landowners in Spotsylvania County were appointed to design the town. The men set aside this block for use by the Anglican Church and th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q_african-baptist-church-of-fredericksburg_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site) resides on the site once occupied by the African Baptist Church. Constructed as the Fredericksburg Baptist Church, the building was sold to its African-American members in 1857, after the white congregation had…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O_shiloh-baptist-church-old-site_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Former slaves as well as free blacks realized that education was critical to African-American aspirations. Immediately after the Civil War, the Shiloh Baptist Church organized a school for black students. The Freedmen's Bureau supported this effor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N_religious-liberty_Fredericksburg-VA.html
(Front) From a meeting in Fredericksburg, January 3-17, 1777, of a Committee of Revisors appointed by the General Assembly of Virginia, composed of Thomas Jefferson, George Mason, Edmund Pendleton, George Wythe and Thomas Ludwell Lee to "settle th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M_george-rogers-clark_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In grateful acknowledgement of the valor and the strategic victories of General George Rogers Clark, Son of Old Virginia, the Paul Revere Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Muncie, Indiana, devote this tablet.
No hero of the…