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Fredericksburg added to US Civil Rights Trail
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Fredericksburg added to US Civil Rights Trail

A three-mile trail dedicated to the stories of Black residents of Fredericksburg has been added to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

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