by Danelle Rose | Mar 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
Caressa Cameron is the ultimate hometown girl. She married her high school sweetheart. She has two beautiful children. She plans weddings through her own small business Caressed By Design, and with all of this, she still finds time to volunteer. She’s a typical...
by Danelle Rose | Mar 25, 2021 | History Comes Alive
By her own definition, Gaye Adegbalola is a griot. It’s how she describes herself in writing and in talks she’s given on her storied time in Fredericksburg. A griot is a traveling poet, musician and storyteller who maintains the West African tradition of oral history....
by Danelle Rose | Mar 16, 2021 | History Comes Alive
WOMEN OF THE CIVIL WAR The female contribution to the abolition of slavery during the Civil Ware often goes uncredited. One major way women helped the Union cause was as medical professionals. And in the Fredericksburg region, Clara Barton and Mary Walker set a...
by Danelle Rose | Mar 10, 2021 | History Comes Alive
Mary Ball Washington, the mother of America’s first President George Washington, lived most of her life in the Fredericksburg area. And in the modern city, monuments, buildings and an entire university still bear her name. During women’s history month, get to know...
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