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Fredericksburg Battlefield Memorial Lights Up, 150 Years After Civil War
EmbedVideo(676, 482, 304); Fredericksburg, Va. | As part of a Memorial Day tradition, more than 15,000 luminaries were set up over the weekend at Fredericksburg Battlefield to represent each of ...
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Sen. Kaine visits Fredericksburg battlefield to see land to be preserved through a federal grant
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), who was instrumental in getting a bipartisan bill through Congress in 2014 to reauthorize and expand the American Battlefield Protection Program, on Friday visited one of ...
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A Tale of Two Civil War Sites: Fredericksburg, Va.
Fredericksburg, Va., was the site of Civil War battles, including the Chancellorsville battlefield in Spotsylvania County.
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Battlefield cemetery in Virginia to host first Civil War soldier burial in 75 years - Stars and Stripes
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (Tribune News Service) — A Civil War cemetery in northern Virginia may soon host its first soldier burial in 76 years, after human remains were discovered on the grounds of a ...
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Hearing on Battlefield Wal-Mart delayed - Washington Examiner
A court hearing scheduled for Thursday on a plan to build a Wal-Mart store near a Civil War battlefield in Virginia has been delayed, the Fredericksburg (Va.) Free Lance-Star reports. The hearing ...