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Plaques of the Church – John Minor Maury (1795-1824)
Return to referring page This plaque is hung in the stairway in the narthex going down to Sydnor Hall. When going down to Sydnor Hall, below the Nave, imagine yourself going down to a ship’s galley and you will have an appropriate setting for this month’s story. John Minor Maury was eclipsed by his famous … Read more
St. George’s Civil War – Part 1 – An Introduction
Return to referring page 150 years after the Civil War, Fredericksburg remains a richly stocked laboratory for studying that conflict. You can see it in the homes and buildings that remain from the conflict; you can feel it in the vivid descriptions left by soldiers and observers. Rather than only a study of the combat, … Read more
The 300 listing
Assignment – “Write 300 words..or so.. on 300 notable St. Georgians that have lived in the past 300 years of St. Georgia’s history… The list below is in no particular order or no ranking. All on this list made valuable contributions to St. George’s long history. The effort was to sample from the entire range … Read more
Getting Started in St. George's History - 6 essential resources
Selections from several categories of our history.
McGuire served all 3 churches over the course of 45 years. He is probably the most influential of all our rectors in all phases of ministry from preaching, teaching, and outreach. Trip Wiggins, our archivist, wrote this for a Sunday school class and has been teaching classes for years
6. Tom Faulkner confronts the Vestry on race
Faulkner served St. George's for 30 years from 1946-1976. During these years racial policies were paramount, especially 1954, in the year of Brown vs. Board of Education, Faulkner was challenged by the Vestry on the role of Blacks in our service. He was able to move St. George's toward racial justice that other rectors would further
