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The first annual Stafford County Club and School Fair was held at Stafford High School on October 21, 1922 for two days conducted by the School Board, and officers of the Fair; W.D Peyton, president; James Ashby, secretary & treasurer; V.B Perry, manager. The first fair also involved a school parade, marching from Stafford High…

National attention briefly focused on Fredericksburg 90 years ago today, February 22, 1936, a Saturday, as the community marked George Washington’s 204th birthday with grand gestures and spectacle. Dignitaries arrived to dedicate the Cherry Tree Memorial Boulevard, a stretch of King’s Highway to be lined with cherry trees between Chatham Bridge and Washington’s boyhood home…

John Lee Pratt was born in nearby Passapatanzy, where he spent much of his youth, Pratt was educated at Randolph-Macon and the University of Virginia, where he received a degree in civil engineering in 1905. Opportunity in industry soon beckoned, first with E.I. du Pont de Nemours and later with General Motors, where he rose…

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