The National Park Service commemorates the 163rd Anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg with guided programs on Saturday, December 13, 2025. The programs will examine the battle, and will discuss how these events affect and translate to modern day.
All programs are free and open to the public. In case of inclement weather, programs may be altered or cancelled.
Program Schedule
Fredericksburg Anniversary Programming
Living History at the Innis House
Saturday, December 13, 2025 | 10am – 4pm
Living historians will be at the Innis House along the Sunken Road for this drop-in program from 10am to 4pm. What was life like for soldiers in the Fredericksburg campaign?
Park at the Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center (1013 Lafayette Boulevard, Fredericksburg, VA 22401)
Lore, Legacy, & Liability: Pop-Up Activity at Prospect Hill
Saturday, December 13, 2025 | 10am – 12pm
Meet with park rangers for an ongoing, informal conversation at Prospect Hill (Tour Stop #6 at the end of Lee Drive). Examine the intentions of the commanders, implications of their decisions, and how their actions have been regarded by the participants and historians.
“An Imposing Panoramic Display”: Personal Stories from the battle of Fredericksburg
Saturday, December 13, 2025 | 2pm – 3:30pm
The December 1862 battle of Fredericksburg involved nearly 200,000 participants, making it the largest of the Civil War. This tour will use the words of participants to highlight individuals that took part in the battle, examining the hectic moments not from generals’ or politicians’ viewpoints, but from those who fought it. However, not all survived the battle to tell the tale.
The program will conclude in the National Cemetery, where park rangers and living historians will share stories of soldiers killed at Fredericksburg.
90 minutes, includes about 1 mile of walking
Meet for the program at the battle painting between the Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center and park store (1013 Lafayette Boulevard, Fredericksburg, VA 22401),
About the park
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park (NMP) includes the sites of four major battles spanning eighteen crucial months of the Civil War. The battles caused more than 100,000 casualties. The constant presence of armies left Fredericksburg and the surrounding agricultural landscape devastated and ended bondage for thousands of enslaved people in the region. The park is the second largest military park in the world. Learn more at www.nps.gov/frsp, and on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.
Updated December 8, 2025.