Tags: parks
Item #226: Historic Marker: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
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On April 5, 2008 at Lake Accotink Park, Fairfax County celebrated the CCC's 75th anniversary and unveiled an historic marker commemorating the CCC's...
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 #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 #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 #153: Lake Accotink Dam, circa 1918
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In 1912, the War Department established a summer camp and rifle range for engineering corps stationed in Washington, DC. During World War I, the camp...
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 #131: Oral History: Donna Soderholm
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Donna Soderholm moved to the Braddock District of Fairfax County in 1963. Compared to Chicago, the Virginia suburbs were undeveloped and her...