50 YEARS AGO in the Standard - Fredericksburg Standard

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News Staff, on March 17, 2021

50 YEARS AGO in the Standard

MARCH 17, 1971 Over 3,000 musicians will be in Fredericksburg Friday and Saturday for the Region XI University Interscholastic League Concert and Sight Reading Contest to be hosted by Fredericksburg High School. A business office for the 125th Anniversary celebration has opened on North Adams Street,

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