Four months before Abraham Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, John Washington, an enslaved man from Fredericksburg, took matters into his own hands.
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The Fredericksburg City Council has voted to implement a pilot program of entrance and parking fees at Old Mill Park for non-residents of the city and nearby Stafford County.
In a response to Stafford County's decision to slap a $25 fee for non-county residents who want to park their car at a popular county park, Historic Port of Falmouth on the Rappahannock River, neighboring Fredericksburg is now looking to do the same.