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Tue, 2019-09-03

eatmovemake - Ferry Farm – Visiting George Washington’s Boyhood Home

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Sat, 2019-06-29

Heather Bien - Travel Guide: A Weekend in Fredericksburg, VA

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Wed, 2019-05-15

Travel Awaits - 8 Amazing Virginia Foods To Try And Where To Find Them

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Tue, 2019-04-30

American Battlefield Trust - Make Some History This Weekend

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Wed, 2019-03-13

I'm Always Adventuring - James Monroe Museum

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Tue, 2019-02-26

Mid-Atlantic Day Trips - 24 Things to Do in 24 Hours in Fredericksburg VA

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Fri, 2019-02-01

The Lonely Planet - Under the radar USA: Fredericksburg’s culinary revolution

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Fri, 2019-02-01

Leisure Group Travel - SIP AND SAVOR THE FREDERICKSBURG REGION

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Fri, 2019-02-01

Cheapism - RAPPAHANNOCK RAILROAD MUSEUM

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Thu, 2018-12-13

Southern Belle in Training - TRAVEL GUIDE: Winter Weekend in Fredericksburg, VA.

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Mon, 2018-12-10

Northern Virginia Magazine - Fredericksburg Museums

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Sun, 2018-06-03

The Virginian Pilot - Go: Ferry Farm, George Washington’s childhood home, restored using innovative re-creation

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Tue, 2018-05-22

The Virginian Pilot - Go: Fredericksburg is one of those places with historic perspective unique to Virginia and American Southeast

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Fri, 2018-05-11

Virginia Living - A Day Off in Fredericksburg

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Thu, 2018-03-01

Richmond Magazine - What’s New in the Burgs

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Mon, 2017-12-11

Huffington Post - 12 Reasons Why You’ll Fall For Fredericksburg

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Mon, 2017-12-11

Washington Post - In (and around) Fredericksburg, Va., walking the steps of a slave’s Trail to Freedom

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Mon, 2017-10-23

Boomer Magazine - Stepping Into the Fredericksburg Time Machine

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Mon, 2017-10-23

Richmond Magazine - Spirited Living

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Mon, 2017-10-23

Washington Post - 5 day trips out of D.C., each less than two hours away

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Tue, 2017-02-21

Recreation News - Our fifth president honored at three different Virginia sites

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Sat, 2017-02-18

Richmond Times - Replica of Washington house rising along Rappahannock River

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Wed, 2017-01-11

Huffington Post - Ten Top Small But Surprisingly Posh Inns In the Northeast US

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Mon, 2017-01-02

About.com - 20 Great Small Towns Near Washington, D.C.

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Mon, 2016-10-31

Richmond Family Magazine - Family Events Along the Holiday Road

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Sun, 2015-08-09

Trekaroo - Field Trip Tips to Northern Virginia

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Fri, 2014-10-24

USA Today - Best College Town Weekend

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