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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...

Friends of Wilderness
Oct 20, 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...

Friends of Wilderness
Oct 2, 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...

Friends of Wilderness
Aug 11, 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...

Deborah Newman
Aug 8, 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...

Friends of Wilderness
Aug 4, 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 –...

Friends of Wilderness
May 22, 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...

Friends of Wilderness
May 16, 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....

Friends of Wilderness
May 7, 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...

Friends of Wilderness
May 1, 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...

Friends of Wilderness
Apr 27, 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...

Friends of Wilderness
Apr 20, 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...

Friends of Wilderness
Apr 2, 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:...

Friends of Wilderness
Apr 1, 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....

Friends of Wilderness
Mar 16, 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...

Friends of Wilderness
Mar 13, 2024


160th Anniversary Mine Run Program
This collaborative battle anniversary event is made possible by the Friends of Wilderness Battlefield, Eastern National, Emerging Civil...

Friends of Wilderness
Nov 26, 2023


Veterans Day Procession
Five FOWB board members represented FOWB this morning in the Veterans Day Procession in downtown Fredericksburg, VA. We truly appreciate...

Friends of Wilderness
Nov 11, 2023


160th Battle of the Wilderness in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
The 160th Battle of the Wilderness in Spotsylvania County, Virginia for May of 2024 with our friends at Civil War Historical Impressions...

Friends of Wilderness
Oct 28, 2023


Our first tour is off to a great start !
The weather is beautiful and John K is such a wonderful tour guide! I’m at Payne’s Farm and I am sure we will get a lot more photos from...

Friends of Wilderness
Oct 21, 2023


Fourth Quarter Newsletter, October 1 - December 31, 2023
Annual Meeting Invitation Saturday, November 4, 2023 Wilderness Baptist Church 9701 Plank Road Spotsylvania, VA 22553 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM...

Friends of Wilderness
Oct 1, 2023
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