Browse Resources (6 total)
Memories: Anne C. Brown
Anne C. Brown shares memories of growing up and living in Burke, VA, which has been home to several generations of her family. Born in 1921, she recalls growing up in the Depression, classes in Burke's original 3-room elementary school, World War II,…
Tags: annandale, burke, childhood, education, fire department, world war ii
Essay: The CCC Road
Bill Sheads writes about the road built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s to open access to a large forested tract bounded by Old Keene Mill, Backlick, Braddock and Rolling Roads.
Created in 1933 by the federal government to…
Created in 1933 by the federal government to…
Tags: childhood, civilian conservation corps, government, lee, railroad, roads
Memories: Joanne Mellender Hollis
Joanne Mellender Hollis first moved to Fairfax as a child in 1932. She remembers activities of her childhood and life during World War II, when German prisoners-of-war were assigned to work on her family farm.
Tags: agriculture, childhood, education, world war ii
Oak Hill Memories: Bernice Watt Montgomery
Bernice Watt Montgomery lived the first ten years of her life at Oak Hill when it was a 50-acre working farm. Her grandfather had purchased the property in 1889 for $900. She tells of her family and remembers her childhood on the historic property…
Tags: agriculture, childhood, education, historic site, oak hill
Oak Hill Memories: Mary Grace Watt Pulley
Mary Grace Watt Pulley lived the first seventeen years of her life at Oak Hill when it was a 50-acre working farm. Her grandfather had purchased the property in 1889 for $900. She tells of her family and remembers her childhood on the historic…
Tags: agriculture, childhood, education, historic site, oak hill
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Kings Park was part of the growth of suburban communities in the Braddock District during the 1960s. Most residents were families with a stay-at-home mother, and community activities for children and adults developed including Friday night movies…
Tags: childhood, development, recreation