Item #192: Guinea Road Cemetery
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When road construction threatened the Guinea Road Cemetery in 2004, the Virginia Department of Transportation sought information about those buried...
Item #189: Burke Forest Fire
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On April 20, 1941, a forest fire that ignited along the railroad near Guinea Road and Zion Road eventually burned an extensive area southward toward...
Item #188: Braddock District in the Civil War
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Charles K. Gailey is a member of the Fairfax County Archaeological Services of the Park Authority. His notes on Braddock District in the Civil War...
Item #187: Map: Braddock District in the Civil War
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During the Civil War, the area now considered the Braddock District lay between northern and southern strongholds intersected by critical railroad...
Item #186: Memories: Michele Sims
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Michele Sims is principal of Terra Centre Elementary School, a unique energy efficient building, constructed largely underground. She discusses the...
Item #185: Memories: Ilryong Moon, Esq.
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Ilryong Moon is an at-large representative on the Fairfax County School Board; previously he represented Braddock District on the Board. Mr. Moon is...
Item #184: Memories: Rita Rogers
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Rita Rogers moved with her husband and young sons into the Lake Braddock subdivision in 1971. She remembers the early years of the...
Item #183: Memories: Joanne Mellender Hollis
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Joanne Mellender Hollis first moved to Fairfax as a child in 1932. She remembers activities of her childhood and life during World War II, when...
Item #182: Memories: Elizabeth Dove
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Elizabeth Dove remembers Braddock Road in the 1930s, describing the neighborhood, home ownership, and daily...