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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.
The...
Item #198: Historic Marker: The Guinea Road Cemetery Reinterment
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This historic marker in Pleasant Valley Memorial Park Cemetery commemorates the reinterment of remains from the Guinea Road Cemetery. The marker...
Item #197: Guinea Road Cemetery Excavation
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The Virginia Department of Transportation's (VDOT) excavation of the Guinea Road Cemetery was conducted under the guidance of archaeologists, with...
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 #172: Oral History: Dennis Howard
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Dennis Howard traces part of the history of African Americans in Fairfax County from the nineteenth century. He recreates the story of his own family...
Item #99: Oral History: Dan Cragg
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Dan Cragg, former Braddock District History Commissioner, traces the history of Braddock District through stories about early families--the Fitzhughs...
Item #18: Marshall Family Gravestone
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The Marshall Family Cemetery is located in Colonel Silas Burke Park near the intersection of Old Burke Lake Road and Burke Road in Burke, Virginia....