The Library will create and operate a series of American history education and research programs targeted to a variety of audiences.

Visiting Scholar Program. Professional historians and authors of historical subjects will be invited to become visiting scholars at the Library for a summer, a semester or a year to conduct research and offer seminars on historic subjects in their area of interest. Scholars will also be welcome to participate in other education programs that the Library will offer for scholars, teachers and students at all levels.

History Fellowships. The Library will also offer research fellowships to graduate students working to complete their doctorate or masters in American history. Fellowships will also be offered to university and college students studying to become American history teachers at the elementary and secondary education levels. Such programs will be available for a summer or for a semester.

History Internships. Summer and semester internships will be offered to college and university students working toward undergraduate degrees in American history, the teaching of history, or library science. Interns will assist in the operations of the library's preservation efforts while pursuing studies in American history under the supervision of library staff and/or visiting fellows.

Summer Fellowships for Elementary and Secondary School Teachers. The Library will offer two week fellowships conducted by professional historians for history teachers. Each two week segment during the summer will cover a different topic - ie. The industrial revolution, Civil War, westward expansion - and will be taught by a leading scholar in the subject field. Content of seminars will be structured to conform to requirements needed to earn credits in continuing education.

History Summer Camp. A history summer camp of a one to two week duration will be offered throughout the summer for students enrolled in fifth through seventh grades. Camp curriculum will include history research and writing projects offered at the Library combined with site visits to civil war battlefields (of which there are four in the immediate Fredericksburg area), the several homes of George Washington and his family, the James Monroe Museum, Hugh Mercer's Apothecary, and the Robert E. Lee boyhood home, to name just a few of the historic sites preserved in the Fredericksburg area and open to the public. Visits might also be included to sites in Washington, DC, and the Virginia cities of Richmond and Charlottesville.