Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from State Teachers College, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1930
This College is strategically and ideally located in the heart of what might justly be called the most historic section Of America, accessible to Washington, Richmond, University of Virginia, Alexandria, Mount Vernon, Wakefield, and numerous other points Of interest and note. On the heights now occupied by the Campus was fought one of the bloodiest battles Of the Civil War.
Fredericksburg and vicinity have been prominently associated with every im portant period Of American history from the earliest colonial days until the present. Here was the boyhood home Of George Washington and the home and burial place Of his mother. Fredericksburg was also the home Of Fielding Lewis, Hugh Mercer, Paul Jones, James Monroe, Matthew Fontaine Maury, and many other famous characters too numerous to mention.
Here the Old and the new are happily blended into a progressive and interest ing community Of approximately people. The city is dotted by historic shrines and crowned with a halo Of golden memories capable of inspiring all who enter its gates.
Its situation in both the Piedmont and the Tidewater sections of the State is at the head Of the navigable Tidewater; its winters are short and rather mild, and its summers are seldom subject to extreme heat, while the nights have the saving grace of coolness.
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