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Fredericksburg 150th: Artillery, Bells, Silence Shape Procession
Sunday's program will include the explosion of 200 shells in two minutes.

Susan Larson is a writer and photographer who moved to Fredericksburg from Northern Virginia in November 2012. She previously worked as editor of Burke Patch and Fairfax Station Patch. She is a member of the Society for Professional Journalists.
Larson began her journalism career in high school, writing for her local community newspaper, The Addison Leader. At Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, she majored in Broadcast Journalism.
Larson worked for WOAI (CBS) News Radio, and hosted a weekly jazz program on KRTU Radio. She then worked on the production crew for KMOL (NBC) Television. When the Today Show broadcast live from the Riverwalk, Larson was behind one of the cameras.
In 2006 Larson earned a Master's Degree in Information Science and Library Services from the University of South Carolina online cohort, and had a tenure providing online library services and social media for Fairfax County Public Library.
Susan loves animals, and spends most of her free time riding her horse.
Sunday's program will include the explosion of 200 shells in two minutes.

The Yellow Jackets play in Lynchburg at noon Dec. 8.
Sunday's free holiday program runs from 1 - 4 p.m.
Dangerous law would make smart phone uses criminals.
Battle of Fredericksburg 150th anniversary events will impact weekend traffic.
Two photos from the surveillance video show the suspect at the Virginia Credit Union just before Wednesday's early morning explosion.
The Fredericksburg Police Blotter released Dec. 6, 2012.
Law enforcement officials have confirmed there was 'some sort of explosion' outside the bank at 4 a.m.
Police say the Fredericksburg man is an acquaintance of the woman who planned the robbery.
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What business would you like to see lease this now empty downtown storefront?
Sheriff Roger Harris called the outpouring of donations 'monumental.'
An argument resulted in a suspect stabbing a man with a folding pocket knife.
Law enforcement says the confiscated heroin had a street value of $10,000.
The mobile museum will be in the area Friday through Sunday as part of the commemoration of the Battle of Fredericksburg.
VRE will sell the tickets via email beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4.
VRE will sell the tickets via email beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4.
Union Gen. A. E. Burnside's favorite sword "is the neatest artifact" of the sesquicentennial, says local historian.
The bequest is from the estate of alumna Shirley Van Epps Waple.
Police have determined the crime reported Nov. 20 did not occur.