Erik F. Nelson Transportation Administrator City Archivist/Records Manager accompanied Lily C. Eghtessad who is doing a study of the Chatham Bridge to the steeple to get a contemporary view of the Chatham Bridge. Discoveries ensued
The steps for the 1849 church were made of Aquia Sandstone mined in Stafford County. Fifty years earlier building material for the White House and U.S. Capitol. Its flaws led to it disuse. The church faced a substantial cost in 2011 to repair inherent issues within the stone as well as improper repairs. Tidewater Restoration was hired to do the repairs
“I’m going to be talking with you now about what happens in our worship, especially in our eucharistic worship”
John Newton Pearce, 84, died Monday, October 14, 2019. His funeral was at St. George’s on Oct 21
St. Georges became involved in 2006 in creating disability ramps in the context of the Lutheran Episcopal Covenant of 1997. Then over a decade later this same concept was pushed by a third party with a larger workforce and goals in mind and became SAWS of Virginia and launched at St. George’s
This is an oral history with the Reverend Charles R. Sydnor, Jr., assistant rector, 1973 – 1976 and rector 1976 – 2003 done by Beth Daly with Barbara and Mac Willis
Photos to accompany Charles Sydnor oral history, circa 1995-2000’s
St. George’s engaged Dovetail Cultural Research Group of Fredericksburg to provide the research and application to the Virginia Landmarks Register in 2017. This was made possible by the gift of Barbara and Mac Willis. The process was finalized at the end of July, 2018.
St. George’s responded positively to plea from the Episcopal Relief and Development in 2005 to come to Mississippi and help cleanup after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. This became a major mission activity through the end of 2008.
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