Fredericksburg Converts Love Sign To Honor Front-Line Workers

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — The City of Fredericksburg converted the LOVE sign in Hurkamp Park to honor front-line workers who are protecting and caring for the community during the coronavirus crisis. Crews from Fastsigns of Fredericksburg on Wednesday installed temporary signs over the LOVE sign with images of doctors, nurses, firefighters, medics, police officers, custodians and servers.

The new signs will be up for the next few months. Blue lights have been installed to showcase the sign at night. Hurkamp Park is located at Prince Edward and William streets in downtown Fredericksburg.

The LOVE sign is part of the Virginia LOVEworks campaign.

As of noon Thursday, the Rappahannock Area Health District had 690 positive cases of the coronavirus. Stafford County reported the most positive cases, with 334, followed by 230 in Spotsylvania, 52 in Fredericksburg, 38 in King George and 36 in Caroline. The health district has reported 11 deaths but none in Fredericksburg.

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The health district now has three coronavirus outbreaks. The first outbreak was reported last week when seven employees at the Aldi grocery store in the Four Mile Fork area of Spotsylvania County tested positive for the coronavirus.

The other two outbreaks in the health district are in long-term care facilities. Two staff members and two residents at Heritage Hall nursing home in King George County tested positive for the cornavirus. Two residents and four staff members at another long-term care facility in the Fredericksburg area also have tested positive for coronavirus. But the facility does not want to be named, according to the health district.

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