http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fredericksburg/ en-us Sat, 8 Aug 2009 02:56:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2311107/posts Published: August 6, 2009 FREDERICKSBURG — Spotsylvania County authorities say a 60-year-old woman and her Labrador were attacked by a pit bull owned by her son. The Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office says the woman suffered numerous bites and broke her shin bone and finger during the Sunday attack. Her dog was euthanized because of life-threatening injuries. The victim originally stated that she was walking her dog when a dog ran toward her and started attacking her dog. Authorities canvassed the area in an attempt to locate the dog, but were unable to find the animal. An anonymous tip led authorities... Times-Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2311107/posts#comment Sat, 8 Aug 2009 02:56:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2285421/posts Local Presbyterian churches won't be putting candles on a birthday cake for John Calvin--500 wouldn't fit anyway. But church members recognize the importance of July 10. Sunday school classes and study groups at the Presbyterian Church of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Presbyterian Church have been reading the works of the man whose principles eventually founded the Presbyterian faith. "Calvin would be unimpressed that people were celebrating his birthday," said the Rev. Allen Fisher Jr. of the Presbyterian Church downtown, "but deeply edified that people were still reading his works." John Calvin was born July 10, 1509, in France. During his 55-year... Fredericksburg.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2285421/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:28:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262281/posts Bob McDonnell and 2009 Republican Ticket Hold Statewide Rallies Today "Just Say Yes" Tour of Virginia Bob McDonnell, Republican gubernatorial candidate and former Attorney General of Virginia, will be joined by Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling and Attorney General nominee Ken Cuccinelli for post-convention rallies throughout Virginia today, June 1st. Rally Details Rally at Stafford Regional Airport When: 3:00 pm Where: Stafford Regional Airport 75 Aviation Way Fredericksburg, VA 22406 (540) 658-1212 Rally at Norfolk International Airport When: 5:15 pm Where: Norfolk Southern Hangar (Shares Parking Lot with Landmark Aviation Hangar) 6103 Burton Station Road Norfolk, VA 23502 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262281/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 17:49:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262173/posts DETROIT – General Motors Corp. said Monday it will permanently close nine more plants and idle three others to trim production and labor costs under bankruptcy protection. Six of the plants are in GM's home state of Michigan, which has already been hard-hit by job cuts in the auto industry. AP via Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262173/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 15:14:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117981/posts Sarah Palin's rally Monday in Fredericksburg, Va., began with a prayer. "Thank you for all you have given us," intoned Susan Stimpson, chairwoman of the county Republican Party. If she had really wanted to help, though, she would have prayed the polls are wrong. A new Washington Post/ABC poll released Monday put Barack Obama up eight points in Virginia, one for every day left in the election. His advantage is even stronger in Northern Virginia, where he outpolls McCain 2-to-1. In the southwest, which a McCain adviser recently called "real Virginia," McCain is still leading. He's also up among veterans... Slate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117981/posts#comment Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:15:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117526/posts Check out the photo at Michelle Malkin's Blog - it is a great sign! Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117526/posts#comment Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:02:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117724/posts In photos: 'Sarah Palin rallies for support in Fredericksburg, Virginia' Monsters/Critics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117724/posts#comment Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:40:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115343/posts For the third time in six weeks, the McCain campaign has to adjust where Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin holds a rally in Virginia because she is proving to be such a big draw. The campaign announced today that Palin's visit Monday to Salem, located near Roanoke, is being moved from the city's civic center to the Salem Football Field to accommodate the expected crowds. Gail Gitcho, a McCain spokeswoman, said there has been "overwhelming response" for tickets for the event. Two weeks ago, a Palin rally in Richmond had to be relocated to the parking lot of the Richmond Motor... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115343/posts#comment Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:03:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115332/posts Campaign Calendar "I'm going to fight for my cause every day as your President. I'm going to fight to make sure every American has every reason to thank God, as I thank Him: that I'm an American, a proud citizen of the greatest country on earth, and with hard work, strong faith and a little courage, great things are always within our reach. Fight with me. Fight with me." - John McCain Use this calendar to find the latest events for McCain-Palin 2008. 10/26/2008 9:00:00 AM - Tampa , FL Road to Victory Rally in Tampa, FL Please join... johnmccain http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115332/posts#comment Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:44:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115147/posts Sarah Palin's visit to Salem has been moved. The City of Salem says the response to the Republican Vice Presidential Candidate's visit has been overwhelming and the rally will be moved outdoors to Salem Stadium. wdbj7.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115147/posts#comment Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:38:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094180/posts The candidate of change, the shining proponent of a "new way" in national politics, says that you aren't allowed to bring a sign to his rally. So much for the right of free political speech. To add insult to injury, this rally was held at the publicly funded University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. So, now the government is lending the weight of its authority to squelch free speech. So, where is the hew and cry about this unAmerican activity? Did the media even note this heavy-handed policy? But, it is all true nonetheless. The rally was held and... publiusforum.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094180/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:16:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093768/posts ABC’s Sunlen Miller, Matt Jaffe, and John Berman Report: The rain pouring down, his jacket off, his white dress-shirt clinging to his body, Barack Obama played to a crowd in a state that hasn’t elected a Democrat since 1964. Obama and his running mate Delaware Sen. Joe Biden took the stage at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va., before a crowd of 10,000 to 20,000 people who had been waiting hours in the mud to see them. The weather in northern Virginia has been awful the last couple of days. And not long after Joe Biden’s introduction, just... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093768/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:22:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092141/posts Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA) Reuters Via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092141/posts#comment Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:46:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091969/posts Reader Ron e-mails that the Obama campaign has issued a decree banning all signs at a rally today at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia. It is a public campus on public property.The local newspaper, the Fredericksburg Free Lance Star is up in arms: NOT ALL COUNTRIES guarantee their citizens the right to virtually unbridled freedom of speech. The United States does. Would someone please tell the campaign of Sen. Barack Obama? And the dozing guardians of liberty at the University of Mary Washington?Mr. Obama, the Democratic nominee for president, is scheduled to speak at a rally at the... Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091969/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:12:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050756/posts CITY PRAYER POLICY UPHELD Fredericksburg Free Lance - Star Fredericksburg Virginia http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/072008/07242008/397448 Date published: 7/24/2008 BY AMY FLOWERS UMBLE Fredericksburg City Council can keep Jesus Christ out of its prayers. The 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals yesterday upheld the city's right to start its meetings with nonsectarian prayers. Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor sat on the three-judge panel hearing the case and wrote the opinion. "She didn't feel my rights were being violated, but my rights are definitely being violated," said City Councilman Hashmel Turner, who filed the case. "It removed an opportunity for me to pray... Fredericksburg Free Lance Star newspaper http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050756/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:52:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2040174/posts Researchers announced Wednesday that remains excavated in the last three years were those of the long-sought dwelling, on the old family farm in Virginia 50 miles south of Washington. The house stood on a terrace overlooking the Rappahannock River, where legend has it the boy threw a stone or a coin across to Fredericksburg. New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2040174/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:09:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008559/posts Each day, I make the dreaded drive down Interstate 35 to go to work in Fort Worth. Each day, I slug through the snarl and sludge of ceaseless traffic, which intensifies my growing desire to commit hari-kari, or at least incites a vehement curse of the highway gods. Certainly, we in Texas need more lanes, more roads, more rails, more something to deal with the ever-expanding urban population and growing international commerce. Yet how do we solve our transportation needs without carving up the countryside like some congratulatory cake? Or should the construction of a superhighway-rail-utility corridor even concern us?... Quarter Horse News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008559/posts#comment Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:29:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990615/posts WASHINGTON, DC - Trace Adkins isn't the typical, tweedy sort of fellow who often graces Civil War history events. But this son of the South, a platinum-selling country-music star, knows plenty about what he calls the War Between the States. He brought that passion yesterday to the National Press Club to help the Civil War Preservation Trust unveil its 2008 list of the 10 most endangered battlefields. "People say the Revolutionary War defined what we want to be," Adkins said. "I think the Civil War defined who we are, and who we want to be. That's what I'm trying to... Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star (VA) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990615/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:51:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969163/posts With Virginia considered Hillary Clinton’s best chance in the Potomac Primary, Bill Clinton packed his schedule with three stops Monday in the Old Dominion, where he tried to convince voters that his wife’s experience trumps Barack Obama’s “smoke and mirrors” candidacy. Clinton’s first stop of the day was at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, where he barely referred to Obama by name but alluded to him often as the lesser choice for the Democratic nomination, a candidate who has style but lacks Hillary Clinton’s substance. “You have to decide what this election is about,” Clinton told a room... The Examiner [Washington, DC] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969163/posts#comment Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:12:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940997/posts Today the President spoke about the economy at a Rotary Club meeting in Virgina. The First Lady met with UN Special Adviser on Burma Ibrahim Gambari. Secretary of State Condeleza Rice is in Paris for an international donors conference. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island www.yahoo.com www.whitehouse.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940997/posts#comment Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:42:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939716/posts STAFFORD, Va. - President Bush is coming to Virginia next week. The White House says the president will visit Stafford County to give a speech about the economy to members of the Stafford Rotary and the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce. Chamber President Bob Hagan says the president's brief visit will put the Fredericksburg area in the national spotlight. President Bush will speak at the Holiday Inn North on Route 17. The event is not open to the public. The Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939716/posts#comment Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:43:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878772/posts Battlefield District Supervisor Chris Yakabouski worries that Northern Virginia's illegal immigration problems will migrate south. "Will they come down to our area and should we be ready for it or are we just going to react to it?" said Yakabouski, who also is challenging Sen. Edd Houck , D-Spotsylvania, for the 17th District state Senate seat. "I see this coming our way and I want to be ready for it and not have to react after the fact." He plans to ask county staff, at next week's supervisors' meeting, if Spotsylvania can enact measures similar to those passed recently in... The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878772/posts#comment Thu, 9 Aug 2007 17:11:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1877964/posts I had to shake my head at Debbie Revely's letter concerning illegal aliens ["Illegal immigrants do the jobs too many won't do," July 25]. Sadly, Ms. Revely has fallen victim to two common misconceptions. First, they are "illegal aliens." That is the accepted term, the one used in congressional bills and legal writings. They are not migrant workers, temporary workers, displaced immigrants, or the like. They are illegal aliens, period. Second, this country was not magically produced. We managed to dig ditches, build highways, construct houses and skyscrapers and bridges--all without illegal aliens being paid pennies an hour. They do... The Free Lance-Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1877964/posts#comment Wed, 8 Aug 2007 04:32:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1612585/posts The sound and smell of the brutal cannon barrages at the Battle of Fredericksburg must have been overwhelming. The deep, rich booming of the 12-pound, smoothbore Napoleons. The high-pitched "crack, crack" of Parrott rifles. And the acrid, sulfuric stench of black powder at each explosion. "A chicken could not live on that field when we open on it," said a Confederate cannoneer atop Marye's Heights to Lt. Gen. James Longstreet as they looked down upon advancing wave after wave of blue-coated Union soldiers. Soon, visitors to the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park will get a taste of what it... Fredericksburg http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1612585/posts#comment Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:53:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1539383/posts This Day In History | Civil War December 13 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia repulses a series of attacks by General Ambrose Burnside's Army of the Potomac at Fredericksburg, Virginia. The defeat was one of the most decisive loses for the Union army, and it dealt a serious blow to Northern morale in the winter of 1862-63. Burnside assumed command of the Army of the Potomac in November after George McClellan failed to pursue Lee into Virginia following the Battle of Antietam on September 17. Burnside immediately crafted a plan to move... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1539383/posts#comment Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:03:41 GMT