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The FoWB Blog
Beth Stenstrom
Jan 1
First Quarter Newsletter 2025
Inquiring Minds Want to Know... (We do more than just interpretation!) Volunteers at Work! ABT consultant Chuck Laudner and FOWB...
Beth Stenstrom
Dec 18, 2024
Beth Stenstrom
Nov 9, 2024
2024 FOWB Annual Meeting
We had a wonderful attendance of just under 50 people at our FOWB Annual Meeting today! The meeting was held in the parish hall of New...
Beth Stenstrom
Nov 2, 2024
FOWB volunteers repaired the footbridge at First Day at Chancellorsville
FOWB volunteers repaired the footbridge at First Day at Chancellorsville after noticing some of the boards had become rotten and were...
Beth Stenstrom
Nov 1, 2024
ABT Consultant Chuck Laudner and FOWB President Bob Lookabill
ABT consultant Chuck Laudner and FOWB president Bob Lookabill lend a hand in placing flat stone markers at the Confederate Cemetery in...
Beth Stenstrom
Oct 20, 2024
Cemetery Marker Workday coming up on November 2nd!
Just a quick reminder about the Cemetery Marker Workday coming up on November 2nd! We could really use your help! We hope to see you...
Beth Stenstrom
Oct 2, 2024
Fourth Quarter Newsletter October 1 - December 31, 2024
Fourth Quarter Newsletter 2024 Inquiring Minds Want to Know... Teamwork! by Joe Lafleur, Program Chair Payne's Farm Battlefield Photo by...
Beth Stenstrom
Aug 11, 2024
Cemetery Marker Workday, Saturday, November 2, 2024
Cemetery Marker Workday Saturday, November 2, 2024 9:00 AM Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery 1100 Washington Avenue Fredericksburg, VA...
Deborah Newman
Aug 8, 2024
Volunteer Workday at Historic Mine Run Battlefield
Volunteer workday at Historic Mine Run Battlefield August 13th and September 13th, 2024 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM Mine Run Battlefield Join us...
Beth Stenstrom
Aug 4, 2024
A Day at Payne’s Farm
FOWB Interpreters enjoyed a wonderful summer interpreting at weekends at Payne's Farm, in Locust Grove, VA. Our last weekend this season...
Beth Stenstrom
May 22, 2024
Payne’s Farms 2024 Summer Hours
Who: Friends of Wilderness Battlefield What: Payne’s Farm Open for Tours Where: Payne’s Farm, Locust Grove, VA When: Weekends June 8 –...
Beth Stenstrom
May 16, 2024
Congratulations to our 2024 Scholarship Winner, Devon Carville!
Congratulations to our 2024 Scholarship Winner, Devon Carville! Devon graduated from Orange County High School in Orange, Virginia, and...
Beth Stenstrom
May 7, 2024
Reenactment of the 160th Anniversary of the Battle of the Wilderness (Saunders Field)
Please join us as we mark the anniversary of the Battle of the Wilderness, fought 160 years ago. Civil War Historical Impressions, Inc....
Beth Stenstrom
Apr 30, 2024
Wilderness Battlefield, one of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Sites
From American Battlefield Trust Thank you to all our partners, members, friends and concerned citizens who turned out this morning for a...
Beth Stenstrom
Apr 26, 2024
A talk by Michael E. Block about the Overland Campaign, May 1864
27 April at 1 PM at the Wilderness Winery for a talk by noted local historian Michael E. Block. Mike, the author of the book "The Carnage...
Beth Stenstrom
Apr 20, 2024
The Overland Campaign May, 1864
The Overland Campaign May, 1864 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Wilderness Run Vineyards 11109 Plank Rd Spotsylvania, VA 22553 Friends of Wilderness...
Beth Stenstrom
Apr 2, 2024
Open House for Prospective Volunteers
Open House for Prospective Volunteers Saturday, April 13, 2024 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Wilderness Run Vineyards 11109 Plank Rd Spotsylvania, VA...
Beth Stenstrom
Apr 1, 2024
Second Quarter Newsletter April 1 - June 30, 2024
First Quarter Newsletter April 1 - June 30, 2024 Where: Wilderness Run Vineyards 11109 Plank Rd. (Route 3), Spotsylvania, VA 22553 When:...
Beth Stenstrom
Mar 16, 2024
"A Devilish Entanglement": 160th Battle of the Wilderness (4-5 May 2024)
Please join us as we mark the anniversary of the Battle of the Wilderness, fought 160 years ago. Civil War Historical Impressions, Inc....
Beth Stenstrom
Mar 13, 2024
Park Day 2024
FOWB is teaming up with the American Battlefield Trust to co-host Park Day at Payne's Farm, in Locust Grove, VA. We hope to see you...
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