Central Virginia Battlefields Trust - freelance assignment

The CVBT purchases land in and around significant Civil War battlefields and landmarks to preserve them in perpetuity.  Now entering their fifteenth year, the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust has systematically acquired land on all four of the Fredericksburg area's battlefields.  This past weekend they had their annual meetings that included bus tours to some of the historical properties in the Fredericksburg area.

The full news story can be found here.

You can learn more about the CVBT at their website.

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The Slaughter Pen

visitors touring Braehead

Robert E. Lee had breakfast at Braehead the morning of the Battle of Fredericksburg

guests get to tour the private home