Before the Tudors rose to power in England, there was a fight for the throne between two branches of the Plantagenet royal family. The battles between the House of Lancaster (sound familiar?) and the House of York eventually led to a series of civil wars called the Wars of the Roses in the 1400s. The…
Walk Through History…Washington Avenue
By The Fredericksburg Area Tourism Department WASHINGTON AVENUE WEST 1200 - Built in 1916/ 1917 for Victor & M.C. Moon, traveling salesman. Architect, Philip Stern. Brick, showing modern and oriental infuence, quality work with early tile roof and copper drains. 1204 - Built in 1903 for J. McCalla Boulware, owner of Boulware & Sons, feed…
A Necklace of Raindrops and Other Stories by Joan Aiken
A birthday gift from the North Wind. A pie so feathery-light it carries people away. A cat on a mat that grants wishes to a poor girl and her grandmother. Elves in the shelves, mermaids in the bathtub and a tiger that’s faster than the wind. Joan Aiken’s A Necklace of Raindrops and Other Stories is a…
Listen Up! It’s Audiobook Month
This June, we’re celebrating Audiobook Month by stocking up on new eAudio titles in our eReading (and listening!) rooms so you can have an excellent selection from which to choose. Whether you’re heading to the beach, the mountains, or Grandma’s house, we’ve got your solution for long drives, airport delays, and the need to chill—wherever…
About Anno
Mitsumasa Anno grew up in a traditional, beautiful Japanese village named Tsuwano, far away from any bustling city. Although he and his family lived near the sea, the mountains all around kept Anno from experiencing its vastness until he was older. When he was a child, he drew pictures of things he could see and also…
Virginia’s Chincoteague Ponies – Wild and Free
On the last Thursday in July, the wild ponies on Virginia's Assateague Island will make their annual swim across to Chincoteague Island. Many of the foals will be auctioned off to raise money for the local fire department, just as they have since 1925. The custom of rounding up the ponies is much older, dating back to…
The Story of Jamestown
The first colonists at Jamestown found life on the swampy tip of an Indian hunting ground by the James River to be grueling and often deadly. The Virginia Company hoped to make a start in this new world that would ultimately bring profits to King James, the men who ventured there, and, of course, the…
White Oak Primitive Baptist Church
The simple house of worship on White Oak Road, across from the White Oak Civil War Museum, has its historic roots in the separation of church and state and was a hub of Union Army activity in the winter of 1862-63. During the colonial period, the Anglican church was Virginia’s official faith, but other groups, such…
Gari Melchers: Stafford County’s Artist in Residence
In 1916, Gari Melchers, an internationally famous painter, purchased the Belmont estate in Falmouth, Virginia. With the exception of some European travel in the 1920s, he made this his permanent home during the last decades of his life. Area residents and visitors are privileged to be able to visit this gem of a museum which combines a…
The History of Industry in Fredericksburg
From the Central Rappahannock Regional Library A Different Story: A Black History of Fredericksburg, Stafford, and Spotsylvania, Virginia by Ruth Coder Fitzgerald. These chapters are of particular interest: Chapter 2, Occupations and Owners (Antebellum period) and Chapter 13, Occupations (post-Civil War). Economic Challenge and Mercantile Enterprise in a Southern Urban System: A Case Study…
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