Tags: recreation
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 #206: Memorial Marker: Howery Field
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On June 1, 1967, six young soldiers from Fort Belvoir died in an accident while working on a community service project to help build the Howery Field...
Item #177: Oral History: Rosemarie Schelling
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Rosemarie Schelling and her family moved to the Braddock District when her husband was stationed at the Pentagon during the 1960s. Their five children...
Item #176: Oral History: James Roland
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James Roland was born in northern Virginia. His parents had moved to the area from Tennessee after World War II because of the better job market. ...
Item #152: Lake Accotink Boating
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After Lake Accotink, formerly the reservoir for Fort Belvoir, became a public park, the Lake Accotink Yacht Club, founded by Ernest (Buddy) Belote,...
Item #151: Lake Accotink Boat Race
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Lake Accotink served as a water supply for Fort Belvoir until 1963 when the Fairfax County Park Authority opened recreational facilties there,...
Item #149: Burke Lake Park Boat Launch Platform, circa 1963
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Burke Lake Park is an example of county and citizens groups working together to create a recreational area. In the late 1950s, sport fishing leagues...
Item #133: Oral History: Valerie Vahouny
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Val Vahouny and her family moved to a new home in the original Kings Park development in 1963. Like many families in the 1950s, she and her husband...
Item #132: Oral History: Mayo Stuntz
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Mayo Stuntz is a descendant of the Fitzhugh family who came to the area in the 1600s. Born in 1915, he traces his genealogy, childhood, and county...