Posted in 1900s, Great Lives, Spotsylvania, Buildings on Apr 18th, 2008 Comments Off
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James Farmer, Civil Rights Leader E-113 James Leonard Farmer was born in Texas on 12 Jan. 1920. In 1942, he and other Civil Rights leaders founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in Chicago. CORE used Gandhi-inspired tactics of nonviolent civil disobedience to protest discriminatory practices against blacks. Under Farmer’s leadership, in […]
Posted in 1900s, Great Lives, Spotsylvania, Buildings, Shannon on Apr 18th, 2008 Comments Off
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James Farmer, Civil Rights Leader E-113 James Leonard Farmer was born in Texas on 12 Jan. 1920. In 1942, he and other Civil Rights leaders founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in Chicago. CORE used Gandhi-inspired tactics of nonviolent civil disobedience to protest discriminatory practices against blacks. Under Farmer’s leadership, in […]
Posted in 1800s, Spotsylvania, Civil War, Buildings on Apr 18th, 2008 Comments Off
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Mud Tavern E-32 Mud Tavern was the old name of this place. Six miles east, at Guinea Station, Stonewall Jackson died, May 10, 1863. In the campaign of 1864, Ewell’s and Longstreet’s corps of Lee’s army, coming from Spotsylvania Courthouse, here turned south, May 21, 1864. Lee fell back to the North […]
Posted in Spotsylvania, Early Settlement, Buildings, Shannon on Apr 15th, 2008 Comments Off
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Colonial Fort E-46 The Virginia General Assembly authorized the construction of a fort built nearby along the Rappahannock River in 1676. It served as a defensive fortification for settlers of European descent on the frontier when periodic conflicts occurred between Virginia Indians and settlers. Maj. Lawrence Smith commanded the fort. Smith had patented […]
Posted in Spotsylvania, Early Settlement, Buildings, Shannon on Apr 15th, 2008 Comments Off
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Colonial Fort E-46 The Virginia General Assembly authorized the construction of a fort built nearby along the Rappahannock River in 1676. It served as a defensive fortification for settlers of European descent on the frontier when periodic conflicts occurred between Virginia Indians and settlers. Maj. Lawrence Smith commanded the fort. Smith had patented […]
Posted in Stafford, Early Settlement, Buildings, Amy on Apr 12th, 2008 Comments Off
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The Washington family moved to a plantation here in 1738 when George Washington was six years old. Along with his three brothers and sister, young Washington spent most of his early life here, where, according to popular fable, he cut down his father’s cherry tree and uttered the immortal words, “I cannot tell […]
Posted in Spotsylvania, Buildings, Amy on Apr 6th, 2008 Comments Off
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Nearby stood Penny’s (Penney’s) Tavern, named for Lincefield Penney who purchased the site in 1811. The tavern catered to travelers making their way to old Spotsylvania Courthouse site (1781-1837), located approximately one mile north of the tavern site across the Po River. After the Court House burned in 1837 and was moved to […]
Posted in Spotsylvania, Buildings, Amy on Apr 6th, 2008 Comments Off
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Nearby stood Penny’s (Penney’s) Tavern, named for Lincefield Penney who purchased the site in 1811. The tavern catered to travelers making their way to old Spotsylvania Courthouse site (1781-1837), located approximately one mile north of the tavern site across the Po River. After the Court House burned in 1837 and was moved to […]