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Berger organ sold to Fork Episcopal, Doswell
1700s / 1800s / 1900-1945 / Faulkner Years / Sydnor Years / This Century

Music at St. George’s, Part 1, the Organs

Music at St. George’s has always had the organ at the forefront leading the congregation in hymns and providing the organist a chance to sample the wide organ repertoire in the prelude and postlude. This is a short history of organs at St. George’s and the beginning of a music series.

1800s

Further articles on the Silver

Here are 2 articles that have recently come to our attention, both from John Hennessey of the National Park Service

1700s / 1800s / 1900-1945

Fredericksburg Museum reopens, Nov. 4, 2016

This article focuses on the St. George’s related items in the Fredericksburg Museum which reopened on Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. These items are scattered through the museum.

Getting Started in St. George's History - 6 essential resources

Selections from several categories of our history.

5. Rev. Edward McGuire

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

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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

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