Fredericksburg

looking at downtown Fredericksburg from Marye's Heights

Central Park - the new Fredericksburg downtown?

Civil War monument for valor without a gun

Rappahannock Canal, fed from former Embrey Dam

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• American Battlefield Protection Program
• Battle Summary: Fredericksburg (1862)
• Battle Summary: Fredericksburg (1863)
• Battle of Fredericksburg (Shockwave presentation)
• Free Lance-Star
• Behind the Lines
• The battlefield becomes a park
• Legacy of Prosperity
• Celebrate Virginia
• Central Virginia Battlefields Trust
• Willis Hill
• Embrey Dam Removal
• Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
• Assault on Marye's Heights: A Civil War Walking Tour of Fredericksburg
• Battle of Fredericksburg (1862)
• Fire in the Streets: A Civil War Walking Tour of Fredericksburg
• Fredericksburg National Cemetery
• Sunken Road Walking Tour
• Willis Hill During the Battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville
• Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center
• Library of Congress - Civil War Maps
• Map of the battle field of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862
• Map of Fredericksburg, Va., and vicinity (1862)
• Map of the Rappahannock River fron [sic] Port Royal to Richards Ferry
• Passages of the Rappahannock and Battle of Fredericksburg, December 10th to 16th, 1862
• WPA Guide To The Old Dominion
• Fredericksburg

Topics to Explore

- who was the Frederick of Fredericksburg?
- when was this town founded? why was it located here?
- how was the Embrey Dam important to the city? why was the dam removed in 2004?
- how should downtown Fredericksburg be "preserved"? should building heights be limited to 3-4 stories?
- could anything bring back to downtown the retail stores that closed/left in the last 25 years, or attract to the downtown area some of the "big box" stores that have opened in Central Park?

Executive Plaza: trigger for preservation

Executive Plaza - note height of adjacent buildings

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