A Look Back at Braddock District, Fairfax County, Virginia

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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 #112: Oral History: Bill Hellwig

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Bill Hellwig's family moved to Fairfax County in 1952. His father, a civil engineer, conducted studies for developers on the feasibility of land...

Item #109: Oral History: Tawny Hammond

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Tawny Hammond moved to Fairfax County in 1989 to work with the Fairfax County Park Authority. She discusses the nature of civic involvement in...

Item #102: Oral History: Elly Doyle

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Elly Doyle moved to Fairfax County during the early 1950s. A civic activist and former member and chairman of the Fairfax County Park Authority Board,...

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 #60: Railroad Station, Springfield, Virginia, circa 1962

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Community residents remember going to the Springfield train station to pick up mail. In the early days, farms surrounded the station. People often...

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