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The historical marker reads: "BOG WALLOW AMBUSH...On 4 December 1861, fifty-five men of the 3rd New Jersey Infantry, Col. George W. Taylor commanding, set an ambush nearby in retaliation for attacks on Union pickets. They stretched two telegraph…

On the night of November 5, 1861, a shootout occurred between three Union scouts and four Confederate cavalrymen at Oak Hill. It was seven months after the start of the Civil War and four months after the Confederate victory in the First Battle of…

Teaching activity introducing oral history as a teaching methodology with directions for conducting interviews and sample questions.

This teaching activity gives historic clues to help students fill-in-the blanks to identify recognizable towns within Fairfax County.

A teaching activity integrating the example of the construction of Dulles Airport to illustrate the concept of eminent domain and the role of civic action and citizen protest. Material includes an outline of events and suggests discussion topics and…

This teaching material and activity gives a brief overview of economic development in Fairfax County from 1600 to the present day followed by prompts for classroom discussion and a teaching activity.

A teaching activity. A fill-in-the-blanks worksheet linking today's major roads and highways with their historic roots.

These two aerial photographs, taken between 1966 and 1969, show Oak Hill as suburban development was encroaching close to its borders. Richard Fitzhugh built Oak Hill circa 1790 on his inherited portion (2524 acres) of the Ravensworth plantation.…

Oak Hill mansion, built in 1790, is the only remaining home of the three manor houses of the Fitzhugh dynasty built on the Ravensworth plantation. Richard Fitzhugh, great grandson of the original Ravensworth owner, built Oak Hill in the late Georgian…

Published in 1878-1879 by G. M. Hopkins, this atlas mapped communities within a 15-mile radius of Washington, D.C. Separate editions were issued for Northern Virginia and for Prince Georges and Montgomery counties in Maryland. Each edition contained…