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Young Eagles Flights for Youth
Shannon Airport 3380 Shannon Airport Circle, FredericksburgFree airplane orientation flights will be available for youth aged 8 to 17 years old on Saturday, October 16, at Shannon Airport in Fredericksburg. Flights will begin at 9:00AM and conclude about 11:30AM. Youth wishing to participate must arrive with a parent or legal guardian who must sign a release form for their youth. Wearing […]
5th Annual Massaponax High School PTSO Craft & Vendor Fair
Massaponax High School 8201 Jefferson Davis Hwy, FredericksburgThe Massaponax PTSO invites you to our 5th Annual Craft Show and Vendor Fair, being held on Saturday, October 30th from 10 am to 3 pm at the MHS Panther Stadium parking lot. We'll have crafters and vendors selling a wide variety of items as well as food trucks to grab some grub. Come get […]
Rappahannock Model Railroaders
Spotsylvania Towne Centre 137 Spotsylvania Mall Drive, FredericksburgCome see us near the food court at the Spotsylvania Towne Centre Mall on Saturday, 11/13/2021 from 10:00am to 8:00pm and Sunday, 11/14/2021 from 11:00am to 5:00pm. See our trains operating on our O-Gauge modular layout. Club members will be available to answer your questions regarding model railroading and our club’s activities. We are a […]
A Wee Christmas Miniature Making Workshop at Kenmore
Historic Kenmore 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, VirginiaCreate a holiday-themed “room box” that you can display during Kenmore’s A Wee Christmas Dollhouse & Miniatures Show (taking place December 5-30) or as part of your holiday décor at home! Expert instruction and all room box materials are provided during the workshop. You’ll also receive instructions, ideas, and resources to make additional room boxes […]
51st Annual Candlelight Tour
Enjoy small group tours of select homes, as well as self-guided walking tour stops along the way. Special Cocktail Party tour tickets will include a Saturday evening cocktail party at the historic Woolen Mill. Mark your calendar and make a plan to join HFFI in this annual tradition. At a time when we all crave […]
Rappahannock Model Railroaders 24th Annual Christmas Train Show
Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge #4123 21 Cool Spring Road, FredericksburgPlease join us at our 24th Annual Christmas Train Show. The show will feature operating train layouts, model train vendors, and activities for the young. The event will be held at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge #4123, 21 Cool Springs Road, Fredericksburg, VA on Saturday December 11, 2021, 9:00AM to 5:00PM and Sunday December […]
OWL PROWL AT CALEDON STATE PARK
Caledon State Park 11617 Caledon Road, King George, VA, United StatesDon't miss the Owl Prowl at Caledon State Park, as the park comes alive after dark.
An Afternoon with Colonel and Mrs. Richard Blackburn at Rippon Lodge Historic Site
Rippon Lodge Historic Site 15520 Blackburn Rd, Woodbridge, VA, United StatesHistoric interpreters will portray the Blackburns and tell the visitors about their lives in the 18th century. They will learn about life as a member of the planter class and as a county politician. They will hear about their friends, family, neighbors, and slaves. Participants will learn about what life was like in colonial Virginia […]
Great Lives Lecture: Jimmy Carter
VirtualJonathan Alter tells the epic story of an enigmatic man of faith and his improbable journey from barefoot boy to global icon. Alter paints an intimate and surprising portrait of the only president since Thomas Jefferson who can fairly be called a Renaissance Man, a complex figure—ridiculed and later revered—with a piercing intelligence, prickly intensity, […]
Great Lives Lecture: Mother Teresa
VirtualOn November 17, 2021, in 213-0 vote, the U.S. Catholic bishops assigned September 5 as the feast date to St. Teresa of Kolkata, the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. Since 1972, the Missionaries of Charity have served in the United States, and Mother Teresa has long been revered in a significant number of U.S. […]
Great Lives Lecture: Pioneer Female Aviators
Dodd Auditorium - George Washington Hall, Fredericksburg, VA 22401, USA 1301 College Ave, Fredericksburg, VA, United StatesEveryone knows the name Amelia Earhart. But the other four women in O’Brien’s story were, in some cases, better pilots and their stories are no less compelling. O’Brien recounts for us the amazing exploits of Ruth Elder, the first American woman try to fly across the Atlantic Ocean after Lindbergh’s feat in 1927; Ruth Nichols, […]
Great Lives Lecture: Homer
Dodd Auditorium 1301 College Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA, Select a Country:Mark Twain had a school-boy declare: ‘Homer was not written by Homer, but by another man of that name’ – which suggests that the myth of the author endures, despite scholarly attempts to debunk it. The earliest sources that mention Homer by name date to the sixth century BCE: from them we can establish that […]
Girl Scouts Event
ALL girls are invited to join us for an event full of cookies, crafts, campfires and new friends. We will be hosting this fun-filled event at on Saturday, February 12th from 2:00-3:30 p.m. Old Mill Park: Shelter 2 2201 Caroline St. Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Financial Peace University
Ebenezer United Methodist Church 161 Embrey Mill Road, Stafford, VA, United StatesWhen debt isn’t holding you back, nothing can stop you from living the life of your dreams. You can get there; you just need a plan that works. Financial Peace University (FPU) is that plan. This 9-session course will meet on Tuesdays from 7:00-9:00 PM beginning February 15 at Ebenezer Church in Stafford. It teaches […]
Great Lives Lecture: Emmett Till
Dodd Auditorium 1301 College Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA, Select a Country:Sixty-six years after his lynching, the story of Emmett Till is more prominent than ever. Beginning with the murder in 1955, Dave Tell will chart the long after-life of Emmett Till. Tell will explain how and why Till’s story was buried for 49 years before roaring back to life in the twenty-first century. Tell will […]
Great Lives Lecture: Ida B. Wells
Dodd Auditorium 1301 College Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA, Select a Country:Born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to enslaved parents during the tumult of the Civil War, Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) joined a generation of young Black men and women who aspired to professional careers and successful lives as full citizens in the decades after Reconstruction. Following her parents’ tragic deaths during the 1878 yellow fever epidemic, […]
Great Lives Lecture: Indira Gandhi
Dodd Auditorium 1301 College Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA, Select a Country:One of first female Prime Ministers in the world and the first and only in India, Indira Gandhi was born in 1917 to a prominent political family at the height of India’s nationalist movement for freedom from British colonial rule. She spent a lonely childhood as her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, noted nationalist leader and later, […]
Gwyneth’s Gift’s Hands-Only CPR & AED Class
Fredericksburg Area Museum 907 Princess Anne St., Fredericksburg, VA, United StatesYou are cordially invited to Gwyneth's Gift's CPR and AED Training Class at the Fredericksburg Area Museum. This course is free to attend, simply reserve your ticket above at your preferred time slot. Cardiac arrest claims more lives than breast cancer, prostate cancer, influenza, auto accidents, firearms and house fires combined. Gwyneth's Gift Foundation works […]
Gwyneth’s Gift’s Hands-Only AED & CPR Class
Fredericksburg Area Museum 907 Princess Anne St., Fredericksburg, VA, United StatesYou are cordially invited to Gwyneth's Gift's CPR and AED Training Class at the Fredericksburg Area Museum. This course is free to attend, simply reserve your ticket above at your preferred time slot. Cardiac arrest claims more lives than breast cancer, prostate cancer, influenza, auto accidents, firearms and house fires combined. Gwyneth's Gift Foundation works […]
Great Lives Lecture: America’s Pirates
Dodd Auditorium 1301 College Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA, Select a Country:Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy’s “Golden Age”—spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s—when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond. In his slide show and presentation, Eric […]