Overview of Events
March-November 2024 Fredericksburg, VA
With the exception of the Lafayette ball, all events are free and open to all.
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Lectures and Fredericksburg Area Museum (FAM) Events
- March 1, 2024 from 5-7 p.m. Location: FAM. Exhibit Opening 905 Princess Anne Street Lafayette’s World: Revolutionary Ideals and the Limits of Freedom
- March 6, 2024 from 7-8 p.m. Location: FAM. Virtual on-line presentation Diverse Participation in the Revolutionary War: A Virtual Panel Discussion
- April 4, 2024 from 6:30-8 p.m. Location: Central Rappahannock Regional Library. (CRRL) Fredericksburg Branch, 1201 Caroline St. Lecture: James Monroe: A Life. Tim McGrath, author, James Monroe: A Life
- May 2, 2024 from 6:30-8 p.m. Location: CRRL Fredericksburg Branch. Lecture: Ça ira: Lafayette, la Musique de la Garde Nationale Parisienne, and the Dissolution of the Ancien Régime. Dr. Chris Troiano, George Mason University. Dr. Dominic Giardino, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
- May 9, 2024 from 7 PM-8:30 p.m. Location: FAM. Lecture: Lafayette and Abolition Dr. Gaila Sims, Curator of African American History, FAM
- May 23, 2024 from 6:30—8 p.m. Location: CRRL Fredericksburg Branch. Lecture: The Lafayette Trail: Marking Lafayette’s Farewell Tour. Julien Icher, Pres., The Lafayette Trail
- June 13, 2024 from 6:30-8 p.m. Location: CRRL Fredericksburg Branch. Lecture: Fredericksburg 1824: The City and Its People. Scott Walker and Barbra Anderson, historians; Historic Fredericksburg Foundation, Inc.
- Sept. 5, 2024 from 6:30-8 p.m. Location: CRRL Fredericksburg Branch. Lecture: Lafayette’s First visits to Fredericksburg: 1781 and 1784. Elizabeth Reece, Author: Marquis de Lafayette Returns: A Tour of America’s National Capitol Region
- Oct. 3, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. Location: Monroe Hall, University of Mary Washington 1301 College Avenue. Lecture: Lafayette’s Founder Friends. A living history conversation between Monroe, Jefferson, and Madison.
- Oct. 17, 2024 6:30-8 p.m. Location: CRRL Fredericksburg Branch. Lecture: Lessons in Leadership from the Idealist General. Marc Leepson, author, Lessons in Leadership from the Idealist General.
- Nov. 7, 2024 from 6:30-8 p.m. Location: CRRL Fredericksburg Branch. Lecture: Lafayette and the Passing of the Founding Generation. Dr. Will Mackintosh, University of Mary Washington.
- Nov. 21, 2024 from 6:30-8 p.m. Location: CRRL Fredericksburg Branch. Lecture: A Celebration Like None Other: Lafayette Comes to Fredericksburg. John Hennessey, author, and retired National Park Service Historian.
Commemoration Events
Saturday, Nov. 23
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Market Square Reception and Old Town Hall Receiving Line
1 p.m.-4 p.m. Guided Tours of Lafayette’s Fredericksburg, HFFI, from Market Square
1 p.m.-4 p.m. Masonic Lodge #4, 803 Princess Anne St. Tours of the Lodge.
6 p.m.-10 p.m. The Lafayette Ball. Fredericksburg Square, 525 Caroline St. (Ticketed Event)
Sunday, Nov. 24
10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Fredericksburg Lodge #4 A.F. and A.M. Gathering 803 Princess Anne St.
1 p.m.-4 p.m. Masonic Lodge #4, 803 Princess Anne St. Tours of the Lodge.
12 p.m.-1 p.m. Historic Church Service for Gen. Lafayette, St. George’s Church, 905 Princess Anne St.