FREDERICKSBURG CELEI5RATES ITS i ' 250th ANNIVERSARY ON WEDNESDAY V . / V' -V fcc'lf .{ city but early in life became a citlsen, innlte shaft which tMn the untqj^ Historic Virginia City to establishing a law office there and It Is a tlnctjdn of being the only monument Vlh peculiar record that once the Erected to a woman entirely, by riven political wfrla '"v - Its " ^^KarntvmmMu**-*- -> ;, ** -Crt Commemorate . preferment by the people of women. . TT ! ** ' ; s he seems to have done nothingFredericksburg,else Oen. Hush Mercer, killed at'Princeton,' }' y 'tfjjm/^tLd^K^j wi With* but hold office. Sen. George Weedon. Oen. Fielding t*^Js. ; Organization . / -fr: He began his career as a town brother-in-law of Georgs Waahlngtea. ip. Program ThatBrilliantthen was chosen as to the whose magnificent old home "*e»««oW v. U delegatecouncilman. 7H Kt udes State assembly, later to represent the till etanda In the heart of the city, and Dedication Inclof in the Continental congress and at othere of dletlnetlon in that districtpnaiiy period Landmarks.A the Virginia convention and then was were residents of Fredericksburg and Pageant of Virginia, envoy extraordinarygovernorto lat^r It waa the home of Matthew And Addresses France, Minister to 'England, governor Maury, wh&ee genius made possibleFountajne..* by the second time. Secretary of 8tate. also the laying of the Atlantic cable and Notables. Nation'sSecretary of War *nd President twice.a whose abilities aa a scientist and explorer* regard. His home and law office are points resulted In his helng deoorated by nearly By CHESTER B. GOOBRICK. of Interest that visitors to Fredericksburg every foreign country of Importance In Claiming to have been longer in are shown. the world, receiving more foreign connection with American historyiatimate When as a young man, George ,*lt Is said, than any etherrecognition,single than Any other city in the country, left his-hopne opposite the cityWashingtonto American, past or preeent, though be I »i: j survey the lands of Lord his seema to have been own ^Us^alfliH|^y Va., will, on May 26. celebrate Fairfax, * overlooked w> hie Fredericksburg, ' - the 260th anniversary of its mother. Mary Washington, moved to country. organisation in into a settlement. and It was while standingFredericksburgBut Fredericksburg's glory did not e«d recognised the old In with the Ita Tablets marking historic points will be quaint garden there, still kept revolutionary period. ipen perfect order and much as it was during took honorable part In the war of 1(12 dedicated, a historical pageant depicting her life, that she was apprised of the and the Mexican war and when civil atrKe in the city's life will be ' important periods of the revolutionary armies. Lafay-victoriesrent the country It waa the scenee of two stagred and other Interesting events will ette, in his memories^ tells .of a visit to bloody battles and a devastating mark the day's program, la which several her there and she was present at the ball It la aaJd (hat with an. bombardment.area less men of national Importance will take given the gallant French officer at the than-the else of the District of Columbia, part. Among these will be Gen. Peyton Rising Sun Tavern, as records of the city with Fredericksburg as a" center, more C. March, whose mother was born In council attest. men have been killed and more blood shed Fredericksburg; Mr. Herbert S. Brldgman, Mrs. Washington died in Fredericksburg than oh any etmllar ana In the .world, for well known journalist and ajithor and one and is buried there under a tall graceful within this epace took place the battlea of of the regents for the State of New Tork; I » Governor Westmoreland Davis and staff up and a number of others. President Harding has an lnrltation under consideration and Gen. Pershing will probably deliver an address. An feature will be the participationinteresting of members of the Rappahannock tribe of * r'. I M Indians, actual descendents of the men . *?3. A on where the HSBfeb i^HUp-.'fe7 ... .:, > <&.; ~i%m&$i$fe?S ''. p* bore."Brompton" Marye's Height*, at Fredericksburg. Federal with whom Captain John Smith, founder a section of the »** .It, y '£' . Hi attack in the battle of Fredericksburg raced the fiercest. Below ii of Jamestown, concluded a treaty making Eb2E|V famous sunken some of the stone wall. W&E&UtF ^tKhii. 'jit ''** > road, showing % possible the peaceable settlement of the land now occupied by Fredericksburg.
" Fredericksburg's claim to historical ^BMBB" ,. rffs5j^nnB^i *- A of avenue. in the distance the is borne out by a search of distinctionthe Rj^^Kr^- ^ portion Washington Fredericksburg showing records. The Magazine of American statue of Gen. Hugh Mercer, a resident of Fredericksburg, who'was killed at Princeton while American troops in the revolution. states that in 1570, thirty-seven yearsHistory ( leading before the landing of the first English ['"9^ colony at Jamestown, "the first Christian shrine In America was built by Spanish missionaries on the spot now occupied by Fredericksburg. Captain Smith reached the spot in 1S08 and debarring, planted a cross on the site, disputing possession of the land with a tribe of Indians. Later, through tho offices of a friendly red man, who accompanied htm, he was enabled to effect a treaty with the tribe that unresisted settlement by permittedthe whites. From this time forward, the land was constantly In use as a human habitat and In 1671, by an act of ''the Grande at Jamestown, the citizens wereAssemblies to hold courts and administerempowered justice. It is the anniversary of this L V K that Sr^dericksburg wiTl celebrateoccasionfor -^r\i it was not until 1727, more than fifty years Above.Only boilding now Belonr.Home of President later, that the city was actually | standing on the Washington James 1idonroc, who began hie H , by the House of Burgesses, at charteredWilMiT farm which was used the career-ax town conn- I I v- : by political "J V**-^, ^ Washington*. ciltnan in Fredericksburg. I l I
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C '' Jt QK. .y^VT liw^-v *7 ,/VV '^*'; -IM-^.*... liamsburg, and named for Frederick, \\vhbhb Prince of Wales, son of George n. The Prince never ascended to the throne but later the people ef Fredericksburg were active In leadership that plotted to How to Reach Fre wrest the country frogn the control of George in, son of the man for whom Automol their city Is named. by Around the broad open fireplace hi the old top room at the Rising Sun Tavern, stm standing- and in perfect order, The great anniversary celebratioia at Fredericksburg, Va., next such men as Geerge Washington.gathered to to Georse Ms sen. anthor of the Virginia bill Wednesday, is expected attract thousands of motorists the ef rights which Gladstone declared Is "the Virginia city. The following route ha s been compiled by The Herald -J greatest document that ever emanated ^ from the brain of man"; Thomas with the co-operation of the Americain Automobile Association: Rev. Patrick Henry, uncle of theJefferson, orator and first rector of old famousSt 00.0 Miles.Washington Herald, <427 Eleventh street northwest S Georges Church; Gen. Hugh Mercer, Gen. 02.2 George Weedon. young James Monroe and Miles.Long Bridge. (Bear right.) - F" - other leaders of thought and action of 07.9 Miles.Alexandria, Va. (Ccintinue east on King street.) ffik\w >_, Nt*5^?'**-'* jK^tf that period, to plan the freedom of the set above.Gravestone of William Paul, .. ?j3 ,' K'>> ,V?!S ' .JBgBlTp -^uS^^96i* * colonies. 08.7 Miles.Turn right into-Alfred street..,Turn right at brotller of Paul in old St ^ ~* again John Jones, »^f' 1^ r-jLJ7?y~(j * * holds v £ Tradition that from here went tiurn Qeor churchyard.. .^"^. > Franklin street and left at next corner. ge's Afif iyHti \ /f W|ffW|7 1 1 forth a declaration of Independence that (Pat- » s^BK&T V t» N I /)^Us "4' '-CiL ^La. ^ the * fcv *V.' r L V % - \ * _ preceded famous Mecklenburg rick street.) f AtJ right.Grave of Mary Washington ~it«iJ^'X. tloa by twenty-one days and that of the * -f\^ 'i^M^sdKKBBIBEaKM^ttTj declarajw>t'enr lr?.? "moth er of the first President and probably wMmJh Continental Congress by more than a IVliles.Hunting Creek. j '9 fij^®i M4t< ». rS y*«r. the nly monument erected to a woman en- s. L-*' l^:*c*r*'*'gg^I . 17.9 . ® | "tf From the time he was 6 years old until Miles.Camp Humphreys. tirelj- by women. [' -" he wa" f '. . nearly grown, George Washington 18.8 Miles.Accotink. made his home at the plasce just opposite ft* «.. Fredericksburg, now known as the 19.7 Miles.Turn sharp to right. Ington Farm. He went to school in * Wash? 21.4 ' Miles.Pohick Church. :ar left ' ' ' and was made a Mason there,Fredericksburg. (B< beyond church.) 1 Bible on the which he took the oath still 22.9 Miles.Lorton. > being preserved, together with the punch / bowl, that relic of now 25.0 in than 9.00# time gone, used Miles.Approaching Occoqu, Creek. (Caution.Hill.) Fredericksburs, the Wilderness, Spotayl- graves, more than half contain- fairs being in the hands of a capable cltv on that memorial occaalon. vanla Cc.urthouse. Chancellorsvllie. Bloody ins the bodies of unknown dead In sddi- m.nairer who acts with the council much John Paul >33.2 Creek. an Jones. Urst admiral of the Miles.Neapsco , Angle, b[amllton s Crossina. tialem C.hurch, tion undetermined nuynber are buried in the capacity that a president and board American navy, was a citisen of Rt in and other minor encasements. in whole or in psrt under of directors a«t 37.2 "Miles.Dumfries, Va. n ' the central In the manacement of th* He left the sea and Fredericksburg.went (Tur left.) M'"/ Mute evidence of the conflict can be monuments in honor of the nameless affairs of any corporation. there to live with his brother. William 38.8 Miles.Turn right. found til the two soldier cesneteries at heroes. Still other thousands lie scattered That it is not afraid of lanovatlona Is Paul, a merchant, his more about cltisenship being 42.0 .'Frederic ksfcur* Where lie burled where they f*!l 0r where they w«-re provc.l by the fact that It adopted this legally established in 1833 by a Miles.Chopawamsic Creek. than 40, 090 dead. In the National Ceme- hastily burled after the battles. government more than nine years a*o. sion appointed to settle a racing the of Hat dispute com^iis/growing 46.6 Miles.A." A. A. slopes Marye's frederlcksburs Is not onlv a city when other cities were hesitating and out of property left by the famous Sign. (Tur«*&* ) H.rihU« at the point where Gen I>e. who. of the past, it is a