Welcome

Welcome to what we hope will be an exciting, ongoing conversation about the evolution of planning for the Fredericksburg-Stafford-Spotsylvania region’s observance of the Sesquicentennial.  We will use this site to post materials, share ideas, provide notification of meetings, and ensure coordination between the efforts of various groups and jurisdictions.   While at first, much of this site will focus on the work of the Fredericksburg-Stafford Committee for the Sesquicentennial (Spotsylvania has its own committee, though we hope they will join in this online effort to communicate and coordinate), we hope over time to also the public in what’s in the works for the 150th.

This is not a public site–that is, we have not put it into search engines.  But you can access it and comment on it freely. 

Our next meeting is Thursday July 31, at 7 p.m. at the Fredericksburg city Visitor Center at 706 Caroline Street (where 64 Fredericksburg civilians were taken after they were arrested by Union authorities in May 1864–in retaliation for local civilians sending wounded Union soldiers from the Wilderness to prison in Richmond).  This will be a pure brainstorming session.

Look to the right under “Committee Documents” for revised digital copies of the handouts from the meeting on the 15th.

We will circulate a contact list for committee members by email rather than posting it online.