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17 Calendar of Events
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june 2021...Let’s Celebrate! Fathers, Our Flag & Juneteenth Tuesday, June 1
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Pre-School Palette, Geri Melchers Studio Introduce your 2 to 5 year old child to arts education in a museum setting with this award-winning class. process art projects,age-appropriate studio tours, colorful garden walks, and engaging stories. 10-11 (540) 654-1848 mdolby@umw.edu
Picnic in the Park, Memorial Park, 1401 Kenmore Avenue 11:30a-1:30p Bring a picnic lunch or purchase lunch from one of our food vendors in the park.Free Admission. 540-372-1086 or visit Parks.FXBG.com.
Come enjoy the weather, meet new people, and enjoy some disc golf and cold beer! All ages and skill levels are welcome! 6B&G Putting League will be every Tuesday Sign-up is no later than 5:45pm $5 to play
Wednesday, June 2
Pre-School Palette, Geri Melchers Studio 2 to 5 year old child to arts education process art projects, age-appropriate studio tours, colorful garden walks, . 10-11(540) 654-1848 mdolby@umw.edu
Trivia on the Patio, Sunken Well at 6:30pm .Match wits with the 'Burgs finest minds. Prize!
Adventure Jeopardy @Adventue Brewing, Eagle Village,7:30-9p.fun filled night of Trivia Prizes
Sunday June 6
The Great Train Race, starts begin at 7:30a, courses run down Sophia St, Downtown, for race schedules & start times check gtr,runfarc.com
Rappahannock Regional Soap Box Derby a sport that educates and inspires youth through fair & honest competition Dominion Raceway , 8a-5p contact Race Director Alvin Staples (540) 786-5930
Sunken Well Tavern Sunday Brunch, Dine-In, Take-Out, & Delivery. 720 Littlepage til 1p
Bluegrass on the Patio, Sunken Well Tavern 6-8pm
Thursday, June 3
Pre-School Palette, Geri Melchers Studio 2 to 5 year old child to arts education process art projects, age-appropriate studio tours, colorful garden walks, . 10-11(540) 654-1848 mdolby@umw.edu
First Friday, June 4
Brush Strokes Gallery, "Summer Respite" All Member Show, 824 Caroline
"Expressions of Elizabeth Woodford", a tribute show & sale Artful Dimensions, 922 Caroline St.
"Artist Choice" All-Media National Exhibit Frederick Gallery" Digital Creations" Members Gallery, FCCA 813 Sophia ST
"Portals", Works by Nicole Myers, Art First Gallery, 824 Caroline St.
"The Beach", member show Artist Alliance, 100 Taylor St, Colonial Beach. Sat & Sunday thru June
Saturday, June 5
Kids Fishing Derby, Motts Run Reservoir, 7:30a-12:30p For more information, parks.fxbg.com or 540-372-1086.
Bowling Green Farmers Market 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 204 N. Main Street, Bowling Green
Farmers Market, Hurkamp Park,7a-2p, open air markets home grown, homemade, or hand baked goods sold by farmers and bakers. Visit The Farmer's Market website Facebook for more information.
Art in the Park @Fredericksburg Farmers Market in Hurkamp Park 9am - 1pm infofxbgfarmersmarket.com or call 540-372-1086.
Craft Fair, James Monroe HS, 10a-2:30p
Chamber Chorale of FXBG Returns to Live Performances.in-person performances 3 PM & 5PM concerts each will run for approximately 1 hour. at Market Square, Fxbg Area Museum, Bring Lawn Chair
Dance Matrix Performance, Downtown Greens Lower Garden, 5pm
Punk N' Roll @The recreation Center, 213 William St, 8p
Monday, June 7
Music on the Steps Summer Concert Series, Market Square, 7p. Bring your own lawn chairs
Tuesday, June 8
Picnic in the Park, Memorial Park, 1401 Kenmore Avenue 11:30a-1:30p Bring a picnic lunch or purchase lunch from one of our food vendors in the park.Free Admission. 540-372-1086 or visit Parks.FXBG.com.
Girls Night Out The Show@ The Rec Center, 213 William St, 8p
Wednesday, June 9
Trivia on the Patio, Sunken Well at 6:30pm .Match wits with the 'Burgs finest minds. Prize!
Adventure Jeopardy @Adventue Brewing, Eagle Village,7:30-9p. Jfun filled night of Trivia . Prizes
Friday, June 11
MWH Farmers Market, Mary Washington Hospital, 11:30am - 5pm 1001 Sam Perry Boulevard
Become a Friend Advocate ~ Donate ~ Volunteer
540~479~4116 1013 Princess Anne St , FXBG Saturday, June 12
Sophia Street Throwdown 10a-5p pottery, live music, demonstrations
Kids Market @ FXBG Farmers Mark the ages 8-15 years the opportunit
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Bowling Green Farmers Market 9 a Bowling Green
The Traveling Gypsy Flea Market , main Street, Bowling Green
Art Walk in the Garden, Downto artist display their work for sale
Sunday, June 13
Sunken Well Tavern Sunday Brunch Littlepage til 1p
Bluegrass on the Patio, Sunken We
Monday, June 14
Flag Day
Music on the Steps Summer Conc your own lawn chairs
Tuesday, June 15
Picnic in the Park, Memorial Park, 1 Bring a picnic lunch or purchase lu the park.Free Admission. 540-372-
Wednesday, June 16
Trivia on the Patio, Sunken Well at finest minds. Prize!
Adventure Jeopardy @Adventue Bre night of Trivia Prizes
Thursday, June 17
Historic Zion UMC Coat Closet Need 3:30-5:30. Spotsy courthouse dist
Friday, June 18
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Saturday, June 19
Juneteenth
Art in the Park @ FXBG Farmers Market in Hurkamp Park 9am - 1pm fxbgfarmersmarket.com or call 540-372-1086.
Farmers Market, Hurkamp Park,7a-2p, open air markets home grown, homemade, or hand baked goods sold by farmers and bakers. Visit The Farmer's Market website & Facebook for more information.
Bowling Green Farmers Market 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 204 N. Main Street, Bowling Green
A one-of-a-kind food competition with local food trucks battling it out for title of Food Truck Rally.
FXBG Fairgrounds, 12-9p. live music, lawn games, dancing performances, fireworks, and MUCH MORE! $
Sunday June 20
Father's Day
Sunken Well Tavern Sunday Brunch, Dine-In, Take-Out, & Delivery. 720 Littlepage til 1p
Bluegrass on the Patio, Sunken Well Tavern 6-8pm
Monday, June 21
Music on the Steps Summer Concert Series, Market Square, 7p. Bring your own lawn chairs
Tuesday, June 22
Picnic in the Park, Memorial Park, 1401 Kenmore Avenue 11:30a-1:30p Bring a picnic lunch or purchase lunch from one of our food vendors in the park.Free Admission. 540-372-1086 or visit Parks.FXBG.com.
Wednesday, June 23
Trivia on the Patio, Sunken Well at 6:30pm .Match wits with the 'Burgs finest minds. Prize!
Adventure Jeopardy @Adventue Brewing, Eagle Village,7:30-9p. fun filled night of Trivia . Prizes
Sunday, June 27
Sunken Well Tavern Sunday Brunch, Dine-In, Take-Out, & Delivery. 720 Littlepage til 1p
Woodland Hike at Gerri Melchers Home & Studio, Conducted by VA Master Naturalists, walks cover a mile of trails in both woodlands and fields and also touch on the historic ruins of Belmont's past. 2-3pm meet outside the Visitor Center. Masks are required.
Bluegrass on the Patio, Sunken Well Tavern 6-8pm
Monday, June 28
Music on the Steps Summer Concert Series, Market Square, 7p. Bring your own lawn chairs
Tuesday, June 29
Picnic in the Park, Memorial Park, 1401 Kenmore Avenue 11:30a-1:30p Bring a picnic lunch or purchase lunch from one of our food vendors in the park.Free Admission. 540-372-1086 or visit Parks.FXBG.com.
Wednesday, June 30
Trivia on the Patio, Sunken Well at 6:30pm .Match wits with the 'Burgs finest minds. Prize!
Adventure Jeopardy @Adventue Brewing, Eagle Village,7:30-9p. Join us for a fun filled night of Trivia in the form of the popular game show Jeopardy. Prizes awarded to the team with the most points at the end of the night
Friday, June 25
MWH Farmers Market, Mary Washington Hospital, 11:30am - 5pm 1001 Sam Perry Boulevard
Great American Backyard Campout @Dixon Park evening of games, campfire, & activities at the pool. parks.fxbg.com or 540-372-1086
Saturday, June 26
Bowling Green Farmers Market 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 204 N. Main Street Farmers Market, Hurkamp Park, 7a-2p open air markets home grown, homemade, or hand baked goods sold by farmers and bakers. Visit The Farmer's Market website & Facebook for more information
2-in-1 Art Event.It's TWO museums, in ONE location! The VA Museum of Fine Arts Artmobile will be joining the Spotsylvania County Museum for a weekend filled with fine art and history. Event thru June 27
Festival of Kites from 11am - 6pm, Old Mill Park delicious ethnic food, ice cream or shaved ice or even a fresh smoothie, cultural show on the main stage. more than 60 artists displaying fine art, jewelry, ceramics, o crafts, kids zone throughout the day. Free Admission. .
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history’s stories
Father ’ s Day
By Ralph “Tuffy” Hicks
for my parents Father's Day like Mother's Day falls on a Sunday. Mother's Day on the 2nd Sunday in May and Father's Day the 3rd Sunday in June each year. I recall the happy days growing up when I would spend time making cards
The origin of Father's Day is interesting as there were two events that contributed to the creation of the day. A Disaster in a West Virginia Coal Mine in July 1908 led to a special service to honor the fathers killed in the coal mine. The founder of the Father ' s Day Holiday was a young girl who wanted to honor her father who was a veteran of the Civil War from Arkansas, born in 1842. Sonora Smart Dodd was 16 years of age in 1909 when her mother died during childbirth and left her and her five brothers and sisters to be raised by her father. Father ' s Day the 3rd Sunday in June of each year. Sonora Smart Dodd was honored at the 1974 World's Fair for her idea of Father's Day at the age of 92.
There was a larger movement to cancel both Mother's and Father's Day, prior to the great depression. The protesters wanted a single holiday called "Parents Day". The business community with the Depression recently over vetoed the idea of "Parent's Day". The merchants felt that the two holidays of increased sales, especially Father's Day with men's goods such as hats, socks, gold equipment and greeting cards would increase sales like Christmas. It is estimated that a billion dollars is spent each year on the holiday for gifts.
Father's Day is celebrated in Europe, Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia just to name a few. In Latin American the day is celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day which is March 19th.
While in church in 1909, hearing a sermon about Mother's Day, Sonora came up with the idea of a day of honor for all fathers. She went before the Spokane Ministerial Alliance with the suggestion that June 5th be the day of honor. The Alliance chose the third Sunday in June as the day. The first Father ' s Day was held on June 19, 1910 in Spokane, Washington. Fifty-eight years after Woodrow Wilson declared Mother ' s Day, President Nixon in 1972 declared a permanent There are more than seventy-f five million fathers in the United States today. Now that FP has you aware of the day you still have time to plan a special event or gift for your DAD.
Those of us that our Father's have past can still reflect and honor our Father, with flowers and a visit to the cemetery or just some special arrangement of pictures of those special times at sporting events, weddings, graduations, and Dad sitting in his easy chair.
I remember that Rob Grogan and I had a talk one evening and I agreed with him when he said you know "Moms and Dads are always special".
Day!!! Love you Dad, Happy Father's
DEDICATED TO: Jerry Rosser, James Strother, Ervin Dye, Carl Pates, Rob Grogan and My Dad
Tuffy is Front Porch’s Resident Historian
History in Our Backyard
rappahannock drummer boy
By Sarah Kay Bierle
His name was Robert Henry Hendershot, but in 1862, the regimental lists called him Robert Henderson. On his twelfth birthday, Hendershot fought at the Battle of Fredericksburg during the riverine crossing on December 11. How did this youngster with an alias cross the Rappahannock River and fight in the Fredericksburg streets?
Hendershot's life began in difficult circumstances, and by age ten, he was selling food and polishing boots along the railroad line to Detroit, earning enough money for himself and giving his extra cash to his mother. He frequently ran away from home, but by 1861 he had promised his mother that he would pursue an education in a public school. That promise lasted only a short time as the excitement of the beginning of the Civil War captured Hendershot's imagination and prompted an extended altercation with his mother, resulting in several more escapes from home. He joined a company of the 9th Michigan Infantry, volunteering as a drummer and stowing away with the unit to the chagrin of the officers. Hendershot's persistence to be a soldier led to new adventures and mishaps.
Captured with others of his regiment in July 1862 during the First Battle of Murfreesboro in Tennessee, Hendershot was paroled by the Confederates. Shortly after, his regiment discharged him from service due to epileptic seizures. In a controversial move, Hendershot ignored his parole and discharge and enlisted in the 8th Michigan Infantry under the last name alias "Henderson." His seizures continued and the officers discharged him again from official duties, leaving him free to wander the camps in Stafford while they tried to figure out where to send him.
On December 11, 1862, Hendershot's wanderings took him to the river bank, watching the artillery bombardment on the town of Fredericksburg and the preparation of the first infantry regiments to push off at the upper crossing. He volunteered to cross, but was ordered back when the officers saw his height and youthful age. Not discouraged, Hendershot fastened his drum to his back and offered to help push one of the boats from the shore, then he grabbed hold of the boat's side and was pulled across the river in the water.
As he scrambled up the bank, a Confederate shot destroyed his drum. Hendershot grabbed a gun and supposedly captured a Confederate. Later, Hendershot ran along with soldiers as they advanced up the Fredericksburg streets. He was wounded slightly in the leg, nearly captured, and then made his way back to the Federal-held riverbank where soldiers cheered his heroics. The legendary story of the "Drummer Boy of the Rappahannock" was born. Newspapers picked up the story, and Hendershot became a hero. Several Union generals and President Lincoln wrote notes of commendation, and some recommended Hendershot's appointment to West Point. (He did not attend the military academy.)
In the post war years, Hendershot capitalized on his new-found fame and possibly created a larger-thanreality legend for himself. He was a welcomed guest at many veteran reunions where he continued to play the drum and fife, echoing back to the martial sounds that had been part of his pre-teen years and his adventures along the Rappahannock.
Sarah Kay Bierle serves on staff at Central Virginia Battlefields Trust; when not at work preserving historical sites, she is often reading or hiking.
Photo by Matthew Brady Civil War Photographer
Central Virginia Battlefields Trust seeks to preserve battlefield land to protect the memory, meaning, sacrifices, and stories of the Civil War soldiers who fought and fell here. To learn more about this grassroots preservation organization and their 25 years in the local community, please visit: www.cvbt.org
