"Field Trip" Day

On Wednesday we took a Civil War walking tour with John Hennessy, who is the Chief Historian at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Battlefield Park. It was good. He is a very smart guy who knows so much about the area's history, civil war and otherwise. We got to talk about the way that the war affected the region, and how people are still affected by it today. Here is a picture of a house that sat right in the middle of Federal and Confederate sides. You can see the damage done. This wasn't very much worse than how the rest of Fredericcksburg fared during the Union siege.








Later in the afternoon, our group went to Mary Washington's house. Mary was the mother of George Washington. She is referred to as "Mary, Mother of Washington." It sounds almost like a Hail Mary. They're not sure, but they think this might be a portrait of her. I think she looks a lot like George!



But the highlight of the day was eating at Mr. D's, a tiny little fish and sandwich place. There was just one woman working, the Asian owner. I think she was Korean, but I wasn't 100% sure. It was an experience! I had a hamburger, but a lot of people had some type of fish sandwich. I might return.