Item #234: Oak Hill: Exterior View
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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....
Item #233: Map: Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington
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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...
Item #232: Ravensworth Replacement House
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On August 1, 1926, the Ravensworth Mansion mysteriously burned down, though the adjacent outbuildings survived. Subsequently, Dr. George Bolling Lee...
Item #230: Oral History Interviews and Written Memories: A Complete Compilation of Transcripts with Index
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Available to download - a copy of the official archived transcripts of all oral history interviews and written memories of the A Look Back At Braddock...
Item #229: VIDEO (NARRATED): FLYOVER OLD BURKE VILLAGE, 1975
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Old Burke Village resident Lonnie Schorer took her camera aloft in the fall of 1975 to shoot the series of pictures that are the basis for this video....
Item #228: Memories: Anne C. Brown
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Anne C. Brown shares memories of growing up and living in Burke, VA, which has been home to several generations of her family. Born in 1921, she...
Item #227: Animation (narrated): Growth and Development in Braddock District, 1940 to 2004
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Growth and shifts in population and suburban development in Fairfax County are driving forces in the creation and continuing evolution of Braddock...
Item #226: Historic Marker: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
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On April 5, 2008 at Lake Accotink Park, Fairfax County celebrated the CCC's 75th anniversary and unveiled an historic marker commemorating the CCC's...
Item #225: Oliver Farm, Annandale, Virginia
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On Christmas Eve 1931, Robert Stringfellow Oliver, his wife Charlene Byrd Oliver, seven children and 24 cattle moved from Shirlington to this farm...