Spotsylvania Courthouse VA
9-19-2026 9:27pm

COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER AT FALL FAMILY FESTIVAL

Photo by John L Williams/The Spotsylvania Gazette

A photo essay by John L. Williams, Editor The Spotsylvania Gazette

Families, advocates, performers and community organizations gathered Saturday, Sept. 19, for the disAbility Resource Center’s 2026 Fall Family Festival at the Fredericksburg Fairgrounds. The free community celebration featured entertainment, children’s activities, crafts, exhibitors and local organizations.

Tieon’Zhae Cole, 2026 Miss Fredericksburg Fair, and Ainsley Liggins, 2026 Teen Miss Fredericksburg Fair, attend the festival. 

(Photo by John L Williams/Spotsylvania Gazette) 

Alyssa Brown, 2026 Ms. Wheelchair Virginia, attends the Disability Resource Center’s Fall Family Festival.

(Photo by John L Williams/Spotsylvania Gazette)

Children create colorful projects in the Craft Arena for Kids. The photograph was cropped to focus on the activity without showing faces.

(Photo by John L Williams/Spotsylvania Gazette)

Children participate in a musical activity on the festival’s main stage.

(Photo by John L Williams/Spotsylvania Gazette)

Festival visitors gather beneath the Craft Arena for Kids tent for hands-on activities.

(Photo by John L Williams/Spotsylvania Gazette)

The festival information board displayed the event’s sponsors, main-stage schedule and grounds map. 

(John L Williams/The Spotsylvania Gazette) 

Editor’s note: The Spotsylvania Gazette supports the disAbility Resource Center as one of its community charities.

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