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On Saturday, December 15, Friends of Wilderness Battlefield will host our 10thannual event:  “A 19th Century Christmas at Ellwood Manor.”  The doors will open at 9:00 A.M. and children of all ages may visit with Santa and enjoy making period arts and crafts until 12:00 P.M. Parents will want to be sure to bring their cameras! After Santa departs at …

Saturday, October 13, 10am – 5pm Ellwood Manor, 36380 Constitution Hwy, Locust Grove 22508 On Saturday, October 13, Living Historians John Yurechko, portraying a Union soldier, and Mike Pierce, portraying a Confederate soldier, will compare and contrast the equipment, motivation, and experiences of soldiers on opposing sides during presentations at 11am and 1pm. They, along with several other Living Historians, will be …

Taming the Wilderness: An 18th Century Living History Event at Ellwood Enjoy a full day as craftsmen, artisans and living historians demonstrate many aspects of life in the late 1700s through the early 1800s.   Demonstrations will highlight the building trades, homemaking skills and general all around skills needed to settle and survive in the Wilderness. Taming the Wilderness, an 18th Century living …

FoWB is pleased to announce that we are once again sponsoring a summer intern for the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park!  Danielle “Dani” Powers will be spending about half of her time this summer assisting FoWB to enhance our interpreter training materials. Welcome Dani! Dani is from Dinwiddie, Virginia, graduating as the salutatorian of her high school class.  She volunteered …

FoWB volunteers and Ranger Pete conducted a swearing in ceremony on June 1 for 73 Locust Grove Elementary fourth graders. The students completed the Jr Ranger booklets as a part of a day long educational program conducted earlier in the month at Ellwood.