Browse Resources (10 total)

A teaching activity. A fill-in-the-blanks worksheet linking today's major roads and highways with their historic roots.

On March 29, 1962, The Washington Post reported testimony by Mrs. Z. C. Zefteris of Kings Park West about Rebel Hill on Braddock Road to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. Describing cars sliding off the steep road in icy conditions and the…

Rebel Hill, a small but steep hill on Braddock Road near Wakefield Chapel Road, challenged drivers, especially in bad weather, until tamed by highway engineers in the early 1970s. A good replica of the original road exists in the bike and footpath on…

Al Hlavin served as Assistant Superintendent for Facilities Services in the Fairfax County Public Schools. He discusses challenges, achievements, and problems associated with building schools, including construction of Terra Centre Elementary…

John Hawthorne grew up in Northern Virginia and talks about childhood, development, and community action against excessive growth. He describes the early years of Ravensworth Farm.

Wes Hatfield moved to Fairfax County in 1968 after a tour of military duty in Vietnam with the U.S. Air Force. After military retirement, he entered the real estate business. He discusses housing development and transportation in the region.

Eileen Garnett moved to Annandale in 1972. She reminisces about development that came to support increasing numbers of homes and subdivisions. She describes the revitalization project which she helped found in the 1980s and continues to guide. The…

Jennifer Cornelson Addington grew up in Old Burke where her family lived in Whiteoaks, the original edifice of the Burke Elementary School. She reminisces about her childhood and neighborhood growth.

1928 Buick with Elgin Kirby, long time Burke resident, at the wheel. Photo taken circa 1937

A 1911 Buick stalled on a muddy road near Fairfax, Virginia, circa 1920.