Marchers in Fredericksburg walked the path from the Dorothy Hart Community Center to Shiloh Baptist Church, commemorating the Walker Grant High School graduating class of 1950.
The 27 graduates of the sole Fredericksburg high school that was open to African American students were supposed to have their graduation ceremony at the, then, Charles St. Community Center.
The Manassas Welcome Center, located at a car rest area on Interstate 66 about six miles outside of the city, won’t reopen following the coronavirus pandemic.
Manassas City received notice on May 29 from the Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) that the center would be shut down and the building will be converted to a rest area only as a result of budgetary considerations by the VTC.
Eileen Thawley, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, got a new roof today.
Through a partnership with Purple Heart Homes, Thawley was selected and approved as the recipient for the roof replacement. Omega Contracting performed the work as part of the Owens Corning Roof Deployment Project.
Joel Shapiro, Woodbridge Senior High School Choir Director says:
My HS choir students from Woodbridge [Senior High School] recorded “You Will Be Found” while we’ve been out due to COVID. We would be honored if you wanted to share it! Thanks for listening!
Fire and rescue crews were called to a house fire in Stafford County’s White Oak section.
The 911 call went out at 4:39 p.m., and crews were sent to 45 Cannon Ridge Drive, just off White Oak Road.
Fire ripped through a home in the 13900 block of Shadwell Court, near Smoketown Road in Woodbridge.
Firefighters were called to the scene at 12:38 p.m. and found smoke showing from the rear of the house when they arrived.
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