A Look Back at Braddock District, Fairfax County, Virginia

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 #224: Camp Reports: Civilian Conservation Corps No. 2339C Camp

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CCC No. 2399C Camp, also known as Army-3VA Camp, was located at the U.S. Army's Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County. A racially segregated unit, it was...

Item #219: Essay: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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In a chance conversation with Mary Lipsey, Bill Sheads mentioned the CCC's work in the 1930s in building a road through what was then an extensive...

Item #218: Archeological Investigation Report: Guinea Road Cemetery

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The Louis Berger Group, Inc., on behalf of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), conducted an archeological investigation of the Guinea...

Item #217: Essay: The CCC Road

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Bill Sheads writes about the road built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s to open access to a large forested tract bounded by Old...

Item #210: Slideshow: Rebel Hill

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Rebel Hill, a small but steep hill on Braddock Road near Wakefield Chapel Road, challenged drivers, especially in bad weather, until tamed by highway...

Item #209: Slide Show: Development in Kings Park

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A series of aerial images from 1937 to 2002 shows how development changed the area of Kings Park near the intersections of Braddock, Rolling and Burke...

Item #205: Historic Survey Report: Wakefield Chapel

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Survey description of Wakefield Chapel, dated February 17, 1971, for the Historic American Buildings Survey...

Item #204: Historic Survey Report: Ravensworth

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Survey description of Ravensworth mansion, dated February 24, 1972, for the Historic American Buildings Survey...

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