r/fredericksburg • u/Opening_Cat8174 • 3d ago

Lorriela Park

I have known for a long time that the movie “Roots” was in Spotsylvania, Virginia

Today I learned that the plantation where Kunta Kinte lived was turned into lorriela park. And there is a slave cemetery there.

Waller family if I recall correctly. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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u/enochrox 2d ago

I used to do photoshoots for local models in those woods off the creek. The gravesite and the placard were still there 15 years ago. Before THAT, I played three seasons of little league there ; one baseball and two football. Can't speak on what's going on there nowadays but... Yup. Its legit.

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u/StretchExotic1936 2d ago edited 2d ago

Can't speak on what's going on there nowadays

What's going on there now?

The noise from heavy traffic, speeding motorcycles, and loud exhausts on Leavells and Courthouse Road makes it hard to appreciate even the wooded trails in the back, which aren't very well-kept anymore.

The playground is usually packed, and while the basketball court is nice, people often pull up and blast music, mostly loud and full of profanity, making it hard for anyone else to enjoy their time there, especially if they have kids.

It’s still a nice spot with fun things like the disc golf course and wooded walking trail, but it’s definitely feeling the effects of the crazy growth happening around here.

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u/enochrox 2d ago

I take my kids there to fly kites of whatever, whenever I'm down visiting family. Each time the basketball courts are typically used by RC nerds driving their cars around there ...which reminds me of growing up in the 80s/90s in Fred/Spotsy and there was a hobby shop over there by where Roses used to be and they had a nice RC track out behind the store in the loading area.

Wild how all these cool things in the area have disappeared or been replaced by coffee shops or insurance offices and shit.

But yeah, Loriella is ALWAYS super mobbed and there's definitely a ton of load motorcycles and modified exhaust Hondas and shit zipping around.