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Fredericksburg is an independent city established by an act of the Virginia General Assembly in 1728 as a port on the Rappahannock River, and named for Frederick, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of King George II and father of King George III.

Fredericksburg was incorporated in 1781 and served as a colonial trading hub midway between Washington, D.C., and Richmond.

Fredericksburg had a population of 27,982 at the 2020 census, and its motto is 'America's Most Historic City.'

Fredericksburg is closely tied to George Washington's family — Washington lived from about age six to sixteen at Ferry Farm, across the Rappahannock from the city, on land his father Augustine Washington purchased in 1738.

Fredericksburg was a strategic Civil War site between the Union and Confederate capitals, changing hands no fewer than seven times between 1861 and 1865.

The Battle of Fredericksburg, fought December 11-15, 1862, saw Confederate General Robert E. Lee's army rout Union General Ambrose Burnside's forces assaulting Marye's Heights and its famous stone wall.

Fredericksburg is part of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, which preserves four battlefields — Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania Court House and the Wilderness — all within about 17 miles of the city.

Fredericksburg is home to the University of Mary Washington, a public liberal arts university, and Mary Washington Hospital and Mary Washington Healthcare are among its largest employers.

Fredericksburg's parks include Old Mill Park and Alum Spring Park, a historic spring site on land divided from the town's original 1728 patent.

Fredericksburg's downtown National Historic District preserves hundreds of 18th- and 19th-century buildings filled with shops and restaurants, skillfully restored after Civil War damage.