The interview was done for 300th anniversary celebration of St. George’s parish. This is an oral history with Elizabeth Roberson who was secretary at St. George’s Episcopal Church, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1959 – 1996.
“Not only they are producing vegetables for their own table and pantry, they are selling produce, and a tithe of their overall gardening savings is going to a project dear to their hearts…From asparagus to zucchini, the wall-to-wall garden is a grand production.” Thanks to Jinxi Forbush for the article
The Carmichaels gave us three Vestry members over two centuries plus a fourth member of that family who served the church. All four were local doctors. The name and first Vestry are provided for those who served the Vestry: 1. Dr. James Carmichael, 1810 Carmichael was originally from Glasgow Scotland. Carmichael’s uncle Dr. George French … Read more
From 2005-2010, 500 refugees came to Fredericksburg from Africa resettled by the Catholic Diocese of Arlington.;Gay Rahn has said this was the origin of the interfaith emphasis a decade later
Carrol Quenzel lists the number of communicants at St. George’s from 1813-1951 in Appendix B in his history of St. George’s. This article brings the numbers current and considers 8 different periods of communicant growth or decline during St. George’s history.
In 2017, was the space something new? No, it was brought up 30 years earlier in 1986. The discussion intensified in the Dannals years with the renovation and into the Hensley years.
The tribute to Martin Luther King in Fredericksburg after his assassination in April, 1968 was held at St. George’s
A conversation that begins about the creation of Trinity in 1877 and then moves to many other topics in this 40 minute tape.
This is the closest thing to an Episcopal revival that occurred over 4 nights, Oct. 5-8, 1975. 5 prominent Episcopal priests participated.
Congregational Profiles are the way to reflect on who we are and the qualities we look for in a new rector. We have done profiles in 1976, 1993 and 2014. This one is the earliest when Charles Sydnor who had been the assistant was being considered as the rector. The picture was shot in 1978 by Ralph Meima.