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Eagles Pointe

Things To Do – Woodbridge, Virginia

Beaverdam Ruritan Club

Things To Do – Beaverdam, Virginia

Welcome to the Beaverdam Ruritan Club's Web Site - Fellowship, Goodwill and Community Service Since 1951 Beaverdam, Virginia More on Beaverdamruritan.com

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  • Donations - The BeaverDam Ruritan Club donates funds/time to local charities, including: More on Beaverdamruritan.com

Parker's Battery

Parks – Fredericksburg, Virginia

Inscription. May 3, 1863, In this vicinity the men of Parker's, Confederate Battery (the "Boy Company"), under Lt. J. Thompson Brown fought, two guns, twice gallantly assisting in, repulsing the Union VI Corps before, being outflanked ... More on HMDB

Maryland Monument

Parks – Spotsylvania, Virginia

Inscription. Judge Charles E. Phelps of the Maryland Court of Appeals erected this granite monument shortly after the turn of the century. On May 8, 1864, Phelps, then colonel of the 7th Maryland, helped lead the headlong charge of ... More on HMDB

Aquia Landing - The Railroad

Trains – Stafford, Virginia

Inscription. The straight, level road you used to get here was once the bed of the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad. As its name implies, the railroad ran from Richmond, through Frede... More on HMDB

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  • Aquia Landing J-92 Aquia Landing J-92 The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad was extended to its terminus here at Aquia Landing in 1846. By steamboat and railroad, travelers from Washing... More on Dhr.virginia.gov

Richmond Evacuation Fire

Landmarks – Richmond, Virginia

Inscription. After midnight on 3 April 1865, Confederate soldiers set fire to several tobacco warehouses nearby on orders from Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell, as the army evacuated Richmond and marched ... More on HMDB

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  • Storage of combustibles materials in buildings shall be orderly. Storage shall be separated from heaters or heating devices by distance or shielding so that ignition cannot occur Storage shall be m... More on Ci.richmond.va.us

Lake Oak Hill

Things To Do – Cumberland, Virginia

Ford's Depot The Destruction Begins Wilson-Kautz Raid

Landmarks – Ford, Virginia

Inscription. In June 1864, to deny Gen. Robert E. Lee the use of the South Side R. R. and the Richmond and Danville R. R. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sent Gen. James H. Wilson and Gen. August V Kautz south of Petersburg on a cavalry raid ... More on HMDB

Hanover Court House Erected in 1735

Landmarks – Hanover, Virginia

Inscription. (Obverse), Near here lived in 1610 Machumps, brother-in-law to King Powhatan. Near here were born Patrick Henry and Henry Clay. In this building on 1st December 1763 Patrick Henry lighted the torch of liberty in the Parsons ... More on HMDB

Overton / Hillsman House War's Horror Knocks at the Door

Landmarks – Jetersville, Virginia

Inscription. As night began to fall here on, April 6, 1865, the hard fought battles of Little Sailor's Creek and the crossroads near the Marshall Farm draw to a close. Federal surgeons work by the little natural light that's still ... More on HMDB

Site of Barton House

Landmarks – Fredericksburg, Virginia

Inscription. Site of Barton House, a beautiful Georgian style structure built in 1785 by James Maury, whom George Washington appointed as the first American ambassador to England. Guests in the Bar... More on HMDB

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  • Barton returned to Chatham during the Fredericksburg Campaign in December, 1862. She again brought supplies and was assigned a room in the house where she wrote a letter, see below, to her cousin E... More on Nps.gov

McDonald's

Restaurants – Bowling Green, Virginia

In Short :Since first opening in 1955 in Des Plaines, Ill., McDonald's has become one of the most recognized brands in the world. Casual and kid-friendly, the red-and-gold colored restaurants offer quick drive-thru or... More on CitySearch

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Wonderland

Restaurants – Richmond, Virginia

I went here to see a good friend's band play. This play has strange decor that sort of reminded me o... More on Judysbook.com

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Taco Bell

Restaurants – Richmond, Virginia

Let's Make Music Together

Things To Do – Henrico, Virginia

about Let's Make Music Together: Music Together is an internationally recognized early childhood music program for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and their accompanying adults. Classes are held in the Weinstein Center for ... More on GoCityKids