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Providing a More Personalized Portrayal of the Great Conflicts – Living History Moves Out of the Camp | Mysteries & Conundrums
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Exploring the Civil War-era landscape in the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania region. Providing a More Personalized Portrayal of the Great Conflicts – Living History Moves Out of the Camp. June 17, 2011. June 15, 2011. Previous posts in this series can be found here. Terry Winschel as a member of the 116th Pennsylvania Infantry on the front lawn of Chatham - 1978. John Heiser as a Confederate soldier at Prospect Hill - 1978. Keith Bohannon as a Confederate soldier at Chancellorsville – 1989. Those living ...
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History, Citizenship, and a Better Nation | Fredericksburg Remembered
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Musings on history, public history, and historic Fredericksburg. Welcome, and just what are we doing here? Posted by: Mysteries&Conundrums. June 9, 2015. History, Citizenship, and a Better Nation. Photo courtesy Jackie Suazo. Last weekend, I had the true honor of giving the keynote address at a naturalization ceremony at Chatham. I had never been to a naturalization ceremony before. Thirty-six people became citizens, and probably 150 came to watch. They came here seeking precisely what you have achieved ...
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PICTORIAL HISTORY OF FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA. I am very Interested in any comments you have, So.Take a minute and. PLEASE SIGN THE GUEST BOOK. Pictorial links of our area in a web album form. When viewing albums double click on pics and advance numerically (manually) or click on slideshow for auto viewing. The Flood of 1942. The Old Fredericksburg Speedway. Some Old Business Establishments. Old Falmouth, over 100 years in photos. Old Fredericksburg Dog Mart, with some National Geographic Photos. Wonderf...
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William T. Sherman at Spotsylvania, Chancellorsville, and Fredericksburg, May 1865 | Mysteries & Conundrums
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Exploring the Civil War-era landscape in the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania region. William T. Sherman at Spotsylvania, Chancellorsville, and Fredericksburg, May 1865. May 4, 2015. June 23, 2015. Submitted by civilians before and after 1865; soldiers’ pension- and service affidavits. United States Army staff rides beginning locally around 1911; federal legislative action beginning in 1898 towards creation of the park in 1927; and NPS living history. Programs of the 1970s’ and 1980’s. This month brings t...
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The soldiers’ faith….in us | Mysteries & Conundrums
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Exploring the Civil War-era landscape in the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania region. The soldiers’ faith….in us. May 26, 2015. From John Hennessy. [This is derived from the speech given in the Fredericksburg National Cemetery yesterday, Memorial Day, 2015.]. We take for granted that men and women are willing to die for their country when called upon to do so. We presume their trust in what Democracy and freedom are and what they mean to the world are inspiration enough. We. When that faith is threatened ...
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Can an app (or two) fix the history business? | Fredericksburg Remembered
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Musings on history, public history, and historic Fredericksburg. Welcome, and just what are we doing here? Posted by: Mysteries&Conundrums. January 17, 2013. Can an app (or two) fix the history business? This post is prompted by an interesting discussion over at Robert Moore’s Cenantua’s Blog. And a Christmas Eve. Article about the declining interest in and increasingly dire condition of house museums. Reporter constructs such an argument, using Paul Reber’s words as the crux:. These places are designed ...
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Charles Dickens in White Oak? | Fredericksburg Remembered
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Musings on history, public history, and historic Fredericksburg. Welcome, and just what are we doing here? Posted by: Mysteries&Conundrums. August 6, 2010. Charles Dickens in White Oak? Richmond. Dickens later wrote about his American travels, and left a vivid description of our part of Virginia in the process–a description focused largely on landscape and slavery. You can find a full account of his journey to our neighborhood. On to Dickens’s wonderful account…. But we get past even this, and come to th...
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