Next month, Barack Obama will catch a train in Philadelphia and trace the route Abraham Lincoln followed to Washington for his inauguration.

Fredericksburg resident Helen Ross never thought she would be able to walk a block and a half to see something like Saturday’s Barack Obama-Joe Biden campaign rally at the University of Mary Washington.

Supporters of Barack Obama for president have scheduled a rally for 7 p.m. in the Madison Presbyterian Church, off U.S. 29 at 1236 Fishback Road