Fredericksburg officials invited state lawmakers and representatives from CSX Transportation to Railroad Avenue in the Mayfield neighborhood Friday afternoon. The aim was to provide a visual of how closely the tanker cars that CSX uses to transport propane to a customer in Caroline County sits to the homes of Mayfield residents.
But there was just one problem: For one of the few times in the past two months, there were no tanker cars in the railyard.
Still, Fredericksburg City Manager Tim Baroody provided lawmakers and CSX officials with a breakdown of the 56 tankers he counted in the neighborhood from Feb. 24 through March 4. All but three of the tankers contained liquefied petroleum gas; two had unidentifiable contents and one contained chlorine.
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A murky legacy: Confederate generals who helped Black locals
LISA VERNON SPARKS, The Virginian-Pilot
March 7, 2021
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Not much is written in Virginia’s history books about William Mahone, a general who fought with the Confederate states during the Civil War.
He led an attack against the Union Army in 1864 during the Battle of the Crater. Thousands of troops died, and hundreds of Black soldiers were massacred.
But there is another story about Mahone that is rarely told, historians say.
Post-Civil War, Mahone entered politics and led the Readjuster Party in Virginia. The group advocated for readjusting Virginia’s debt and built a biracial coalition on the might of Black voters following the Reconstruction. In 1879, the party controlled the legislature during a time when many Blacks held state office. Mahone gained a seat in the U.S. Senate. The party’s mission was to reduce Virginia’s bulging debt and reestablish public education, r
1 Mar 2021
A bill to rename “Jefferson Davis Highway” on U.S. Route 1 to “Emancipation Highway” passed the Virginia Senate Thursday in a 30-9 vote.
The bill, which Del. Josh Cole (D-Fredericksburg) introduced, was approved by the Virginia House of Delegates by a 70-28 vote this month.
The legislation will be headed to Gov. Ralph Northam’s (D) desk for his signature, after which it will become law effective January 1, 2022.
But even after the Senate vote, it remains unclear if the affected localities of Fredericksburg will rename U.S. 1 within their borders.
The bill only applies to areas in the state where U.S. 1 is still named after former Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
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