by Danelle Rose | Feb 6, 2020
TAKE YOUR BRAIN FOR A WALK. Explore streetscapes, historic landmarks, and locally owned businesses while challenging your brain with fun puzzles and clues. Tours to take: African-American Heritage of Fredericksburg Tour provides an opportunity learn and reflect. This...
by Christine Kovacs | Jan 23, 2020
Experience Fredericksburg from a different perspective, by the eyes of George Washington and by horse and carriage! Our licensed tour guide will share the stories of the heroes and forefathers that graced our streets and their contributions to America,while also...
by Christine Kovacs | Jan 23, 2020
On the Adults Only Tour you will receive all the amenities as the regular Group Tour just without the children. We love children, but sometimes you want more than the average child can handle. Come join us for a longer version of our group tour where we also get to...
by Christine Kovacs | Jan 23, 2020
April showers bring May flowers! Come join us for a 90 min, public step/on-step/off tour through the beautiful historical City of Fredericksburg, during the tour you will have the opportunity to visit the Kenmore Plantation grounds and Mary Washington’s...
by Lee Fox | Jun 13, 2019
Fly over scenic Colonial Fredericksburg in an open-cockpit WWII biplane. Aerial tours over the nearby Civil War Battlefields are also available. Experience the sights and sounds of a historic Stearman PT-17 used to train WWII aviation cadets and see the...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
Trail Length: 4.4 mile loop, with access to the 1.1 mile Bloody Angle Trail Skill Level: easy Main Usage: walking, hiking, jogging, biking Scene of nearly two weeks of fighting, the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse reached a climax at the “Bloody...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
Chatham is one of America’s most beautiful and historic houses. Built in the 18th century by William Fitzhugh, the house served as a headquarters and hospital for the Union army during the Battle of Fredericksburg. Ransacked during the Civil War, the house was...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
The James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library, located in historic downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia, is the largest repository in the country for artifacts and documents related to the fifth president of the United States. The museum was first opened in 1927 by Monroe...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
This bronze statue by Edward V. Valentine was erected in 1906 by the U.S. Government. In 1761, on the advice of Washington, Hugh Mercer opened an apothecary shop in Fredericksburg. Mercer was a general in the Revolutionary War and was killed at the Battle of Princeton...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
A national historic landmark, built between 1751-1757, Aquia is one of the finest examples of colonial church architecture in Virginia, and one of the oldest churches still actively used in America. The church is noted for its Aquia stone trim, like what was quarried...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
On the corner of Caroline and Lewis streets sits a small red brick building built in 1749. This building was originally the Fielding Lewis Store. Besides being one of the oldest buildings in America and the oldest in Fredericksburg, the Fielding Lewis Store can also...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
The cemetery where some of the earliest settlers to the area (including some Washington family members) are buried is a small, handsome burial ground with notable ironwork and old monuments.
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
Six Confederate generals and more than 3,300 Southern soldiers lie buried here; 2,184 of them are unknown. A complete roster of known soldiers buried here can be found online. A life size zinc statue with granite base of a soldier on dress parade, an impressive...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
The Battle of the Wilderness first pitted General Robert E. Lee against Union General Ulysses S. Grant in May of 1864. The battle turned the tide of the war as Grant continued his march, “On to Richmond.” The shelter exhibits explains the Battle of the...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
Trace the route of Grant’s Overland Campaign beginning in Spotsylvania County for a revealing look at the fateful days of struggle during the Civil War. Lee vs. Grant is part of Virginia’s Civil War Trails, the most comprehensive driving tour undertaken by...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
Massaponax Church was founded in 1788, and the church building was built in 1859. The original church was only the front portion of today’s church building. During the Civil War, the church was used as a headquarters for both the Confederate and Union armies, a...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
In the mid 1800’s Shiloh Baptist was sold to its all black congregation for a sum of $500. Over the years the church grew and had several name changes. Today there are several Shiloh Baptist churches in the Fredericksburg area. During the Civil War, the original...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
Spotsylvania County proudly shares a distinctive heritage that visitors can experience through our significant sites, markers and battlefields. Be sure to see the Spotsylvania Courthouse District, designated a Virginia Historic Landmark and listed in The National...
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
Spotswood Inn, ca. 1820, has been a school, post office, and tavern, as well as a popular inn. It served as military headquarters for General Jubal Early and as an observation point for General Robert E. Lee during the war. Restored.
by rambletype | Jan 24, 2019
Christ Episcopal Church served as a Civil War hospital and still bears wartime scars.
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