Browse Resources (8 total)
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…
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
Slide Show: Development in Kings Park
A series of aerial images from 1937 to 2002 shows how development changed the area of Kings Park near the intersections of Braddock, Rolling and Burke Lake roads.
Tags: commerce, development, government, subdivisions
Falls Church District
The Falls Church District preceded the present-day Braddock District. This promotion publication describes the area in 1960. Annandale District was renamed Braddock District in 1992.
Tags: commerce, development, government
Burke International Airport Proposal, Letter of Opposition
A 1951 letter from Paul C. Kincheloe, Chairman of the Northern Virginia Committee Opposed to a Supplemental Airport at Burke, Virginia. This letter to Kincheloe's unnamed senator argued against support for the airport.
Tags: airport, burke, government
Burke International Airport Proposal, Land Auction Announcement
In 1959, the federal government advertised the sale at auction of land originally purchased and consolidated to construct an international airport at Burke. When an alternate site in Chantilly was chosen, almost 900 acres of land formerly designated…
Tags: airport, burke, government, parks, recreation
Ration Book, World War II
During World War II, ration coupons, issued to individuals in book format, specified what and how much people could purchase of items in limited supply because of the war. Cooking oil, coffee, automobile gasoline, and sugar were among rationed…
Tags: government, world war ii