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John Paul Jones: A Founder of the U.S. Navy
jonesportrait.jpgFrom a Scottish port to colonial Fredericksburg to the royal courts of France and Russia, the little man who famously refused to give up the fight was perfectly at home in both...
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The History of Industry in Fredericksburg
Virginia JohnsonHistoryFredericksburg (Va.)History BlogFrom the Central Rappahannock Regional LibraryA Different Story: A Black History of Fredericksburg, Stafford, and Spotsylvania, Virginia by Ruth...
View ArticleMapping the Past
Jeffrey Garth EdmundsVirginia JohnsonGenealogyHistoryRegionalVirginia HistoryHistory Feature Articles19th centuryAntebellum VirginiaFredericksburg (Va.)Maps20th centuryWith Google's now infamous...
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Stylistic Architecture in Fredericksburg
Virginia JohnsonHistoryFredericksburg (Va.)ArchitectureLunch with HistoryHistory BlogFrom the Central Rappahannock Regional LibraryAmerica's Forgotten Architecture by Tony P. Wrenn and Elizabeth D....
View ArticleThe Ice Harvest
CookingHistoryVirginia HistoryDispatchesFoodFredericksburg (Va.)WinterIce Skating1870sHistory BlogFrom The Fredericksburg News, Thursday, January 10, 1878 THE ICE HARVEST is a large one, and the...
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The Circle Unbroken: Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg
Virginia JohnsonBiographies & MemoirsHistory & PoliticsFredericksburg (Va.)Battle of FredericksburgKnox familyCivil War - U.S. - Prisoner of War campsCivil War - U.S.Shelf Life BlogReading Room...
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The Ghosts of Fredericksburg
Virginia HistoryHistory Feature ArticlesGhostsCivil War - U.S.Chatham ManorHistoric sitesKenmoreFredericksburg (Va.)Alexander SpotswoodWalking and driving toursOctoberLibraryPoint BlogHistory BlogBy...
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Robert A. Kishpaugh: Making Local History
Dan EnosHistory & PoliticsVirginiana RoomPostcardsFredericksburg (Va.)PrintersLibraryPoint BlogHistory BlogThe recent placement of Fredericksburg on Entrepreneur Magazine’s list of “The Fifty Best...
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CRRL Guest Picks: Kickshaw's Kathy Craddock
CookingHealth, Mind & BodyHome & GardenCRRL Guest PicksAutismPaleo dietGluten-free dietWhole foodswellnessFredericksburg (Va.)Businessesslow foodLibraryPoint Blog"I certainly never imagined...
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The Washingtons’ Monuments
Dan EnosHistory & PoliticsMary WashingtonGeorge WashingtonMonumentsDistrict of ColumbiaFredericksburg (Va.)Shelf Life BlogReading Room BlogHistory BlogThe Washington Monument’s starkly simple...
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Thomas Armat: Fredericksburg Native Was an Inventor of the Motion Picture...
Dan EnosBiographies & MemoirsHistory & PoliticsMoviesFredericksburg (Va.)history of cinemainventorsLibraryPoint BlogHistory BlogMost Fredericksburg cinephiles have to content themselves with a...
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Fredericksburg’s Battlefield Granite
Noel HarrisonHistory & PoliticsQuarriesFredericksburg (Va.)Rappahannock CanalGeologyLibraryPoint BlogHistory Blog A longtime area resident, Noel Harrison is Manager of Easements for the...
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Local Children's Author Candice Ransom
Historical FictionAuthor ProfilesChristmasSlaveryFredericksburg (Va.)MountaineersShenandoah National ParkLocal authorsBy Robyn Porter, CRRL InternCandice Ransom, the author of more than 125 children's...
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Accessing the Old Newspapers of Fredericksburg
Jeffrey Garth EdmundsGenealogyHistoryRegionalVirginia HistorySpotsylvania County (Va.)Fredericksburg (Va.)Stafford County (Va.)newspapersLibraryPoint BlogHistory BlogThere have been newspapers...
View ArticleLocal Yearbooks at the Library and Online
yearbooksStafford County (Va.)Fredericksburg (Va.)Westmoreland County (Va.)Spotsylvania County (Va.)Local Yearbooks in the LibraryCheck these links for yearbooks we hold in the library:City of...
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