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Camp Reports: Civilian Conservation Corps No. 2339C Camp
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 comprised of African Americans except for assigned Army Reserve officers and other leaders. The Camp's…
Essay: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
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 forest, likely for fire control access. The CCC's role was all but forgotten and the road, erased by…
Archeological Investigation Report: Guinea Road Cemetery
The Louis Berger Group, Inc., on behalf of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), conducted an archeological investigation of the Guinea Road Cemetery in preparation for road construction at that site.
Located at the intersection of…
Located at the intersection of…
Tags: african american, fitzhugh, historic site, ilda, ravensworth
Historic Survey Report: King's Grant
Survey description of King's Grant, dated July 17, 1974, for the Fairfax County Department of Historic Resources Reconnaissance Level Survey.
Tags: african american, civil war, historic site
Guinea Road Cemetery
When road construction threatened the Guinea Road Cemetery in 2004, the Virginia Department of Transportation sought information about those buried there. Dennis Howard of Springfield told the history of his family members, the families of slaves…
Tags: african american, cemetery, historic site, ilda