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2014 Park Day – April 5
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Friends of Wilderness Battlefield (FoWB) is pleased to announce that we will once again be supporting the Annual Park Day 2014 nationally sponsored by the Civil War Trust and HistoryTM. On Saturday, April 5 from 8:30 am to 1 pm, FoWB in overall partnership with the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park will host the Annual Park Day event at …
Read MoreHistoric Ellwood Manor 2014 Hours of Operation
Historic Ellwood Manor will open for the 2014 season on Saturday, April 12. Friends of Wilderness Battlefield is proud to provide highly trained Historic House Guides to conduct tours of the 19th century home. Hours: 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. April 12 – 13; April 19 – 20 Saturday, Sunday April 25 – August 17 Daily August 23 – …
Read MoreTwo Civil War Bus Tours: 1864 Winter Encampment and Battle of the Wilderness
Friends of Wilderness Battlefield (FoWB) in commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of the Wilderness will sponsor “TWO” TWO-DAY CIVIL WAR TOURS. On Friday and Saturday, April 11 and 12, Clark B. Hall: will lead a tour that examines the winter encampments in Orange and Culpeper Counties, positioning the Union and Confederate armies for the Battle of the …
Read MoreHeritage Program Stories Now Online
FoWB offers two special programs based on ancestral connections: the WILDERNESS BRIGADE and the ELLWOOD LEGACY. The programs offer a special connection for living relatives to the hallowed ground where their ancestors walked and sadly, in some cases, gave their lives for their country. The information supplied by the applications provides in-depth and sometimes poignant histories of these very men …
Read MoreLucy Lawliss Named as New Superintendent of FRSPNMP
Lucy Lawliss, Acting Superintendent, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, has been selected as the new Park Superintendent. Read the NPS Press Release
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