The Chimneys is an 18th-century home in Fredericksburg, Virginia that holds an extensive history from American Independence, Civil War, and a love story of a future United States President. It still stands strong today and is home to Biliken's Smokehouse.

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Currier & Ives. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. Dec 13th. [New York: Currier & Ives] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, Waud, Alfred R. , Artist. Our soldiers in streets of Fredericksburg / drawn by Mr. A.R. Waud. [January 3] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, .Chappel, Alonzo, Artist. Attack on Fredericksburg. [December] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, .Fredericksburg, Va., from across Rappahannock River. [February] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, .Mrs. Chester Arthur, half-length portrait, facing left. [Photographed between 1857 and 1870?, printed later] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, .Arthur, Chester Alan -1886. [Between 1861 and 1865, printed later?] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, .Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome, Artist. Betsy Ross,/ J.L.G. Ferris. Cleveland, Ohio: The Foundation Press, Inc., July 28. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, .

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Martha Peyton, an 80-year old former slave was accused of selling liquor during Prohibition. Ten attorneys stepped in to save her. Listen to find out what happens to Ms. Peyton.

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The Daily Star. (January 19, 1926). Newspapers.com.Retrieved January 1, 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-star/187830090/

The Daily Star. (January 5, 1926). . Newspapers.com.Retrieved January 1, 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-star/187934635/

The Daily Star. (January 19, 1926). . Newspapers.com.Retrieved January 1, 2026, fromhttps://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-star/187830027/

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A baby girl was left on a front porch in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1926 and spent the first three months of her life in Mary Washington Hospital where she eventually became known as Miss Mary Washington. She was the city's first baby recorded in 1926 and FXBG's own Baby Jane Doe.

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Newspapers.com, The Free Lance-Star, January 7, 1926, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-free-lance-star/187969025/

The Daily Star. (April 23, 1926). . Newspapers.com.Retrieved January 1, 2026, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-star/187969114/

SpotsylvaniaMemory, Facebook, Retrieved, January 1, 2026.

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