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University of Mary Washington ( UMW) is a public liberal arts university in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Established in 1908 as the Fredericksburg Teachers College, the institution was named Mary Washington College in 1938 after Mary Ball Washington, mother of the first president of the United States, George Washington.
1494919 [3] Falmouth is a census-designated place (CDP) in Stafford County, Virginia, United States. Situated on the north bank of the Rappahannock River at the falls, the community is north of and opposite the city of Fredericksburg. Recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place (CDP), Falmouth's population was 4,956 as of ...
Fredericksburg station. / 38.29833°N 77.45694°W / 38.29833; -77.45694. Fredericksburg station is a passenger rail station in Fredericksburg, Virginia. It is served by Amtrak 's Carolinian, Northeast Regional, and Silver Meteor trains, and the Virginia Railway Express 's Fredericksburg Line. (Amtrak's Silver Star, Palmetto, and Auto ...
Website. www .co .caroline .va .us. Caroline County is a United States county located in the eastern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The northern boundary of the county borders on the Rappahannock River, notably at the historic town of Port Royal. The Caroline county seat is Bowling Green.
The Battle of the Wilderness was fought on May 5–7, 1864, during the American Civil War. It was the first battle of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant 's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. The fighting occurred in a wooded area near Locust Grove, Virginia, about 20 ...
This list of Confederate monuments and memorials in Virginia includes public displays and symbols of the Confederate States of America (CSA), Confederate leaders, or Confederate soldiers of the American Civil War. Part of the commemoration of the American Civil War, these symbols include monuments and statues, flags, holidays and other ...
September 22, 1971. Designated VLR. March 18, 1975 [2] The Mary Washington House, at 1200 Charles Street in Fredericksburg, Virginia, is the house in which George Washington 's mother, Mary Ball Washington, resided towards the end of her life. It is now operated as an 18th-century period historic house museum, one of several museums in ...
