## ODonnellWeb – Tag Fredericksburg

Newspapers in 2016

Posted on 11/28/2016 in misc • Tagged with Newspapers, Politics, Fredericksburg

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A couple of weeks ago I subscribed to my local newspaper, The Freelance Star. I was hoping to avoid online news sources a bit, and be able to keep up on local news while avoiding the web site / Facebook page, and the community of bigoted racists that seem to live …


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Chancellorsville's Forgotten Front

Posted on 11/15/2016 in misc • Tagged with Books, Fredericksburg, History

Chancellorsville's Forgotten Front: The Battles of Second Fredericksburg and Salem Church, May 3, 1863 by Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White

2nd Fredericksburg and the Battle of Salem Church get overlooked in Civil War history because they were part of the more famous Chancellorsville campaign. This battle is of special …


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Memorial Day thoughts

Posted on 05/26/2014 in misc • Tagged with Fredericksburg, History, Virginia

Thinking out loud on Memorial Day


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Stafford Civil War Park

Posted on 01/20/2014 in misc • Tagged with History, Fredericksburg

Hike report on the Hoover Camp trail


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A Lost Cause

Posted on 05/18/2013 in misc • Tagged with Fredericksburg, History

I had a run in with a lost causer


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150th anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg

Posted on 12/09/2012 in misc • Tagged with Fredericksburg, History

The NPS put on a hell of a show


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My school lunches were never like this

Posted on 01/22/2012 in misc • Tagged with Education, Fredericksburg

Catered lunches are a thing in schools


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Memorial Day 2011 in Fredericksburg

Posted on 05/31/2011 in misc • Tagged with Fredericksburg, History, Virginia

We take Memorial Day seriously in Fredericksburg


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Give Me Spring Break or give me death

Posted on 05/20/2004 in misc • Tagged with Parenting, Education, Homeschooling, Fredericksburg

Local parents in uproar over possible cut back of Spring Break


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Twister

Posted on 07/10/2003 in misc • Tagged with Personal, Fredericksburg, Life

We weren't in Kansas, or on a Yellow Brick road


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