A Look Back at Braddock District, Fairfax County, Virginia

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 #223: Map: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Road

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This 1939 map shows the location of the road built by the CCC in the 1930s to provide access to what was then an extensive forest, likely for fire...

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 #216: Oral History, Part 2: Lee Hubbard

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Part 2 of two parts. Lee Hubbard's family can trace its roots in Fairfax County to the 1700s. He discusses his childhood and milestone events. Lee...

Item #215: Oral History, Part 2: Delbert (Bill) Sheads and Elsie Sisson (1921 - 2008)

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In Part 2 of two interview sessions, Bill and Elsie (Sheads) Sisson, brother and sister, reminisce about their family, which came to the Braddock...

Item #214: Rebel Hill, Artist's Drawing

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On March 29, 1962, The Washington Post reported testimony by Mrs. Z. C. Zefteris of Kings Park West about Rebel Hill on Braddock Road to the Fairfax...

Item #213: Slide Show: Burke Historical Society Slide Presentation

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The history of Burke, Virginia is told in 80 captioned images, from the village's start in the 1850's as a railroad depot to the early 1990's.

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