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Memorial Marker: Howery Field
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 athletic complex. They were electrocuted when the flagpole they were erecting contacted a high…
Tags: parks, recreation, sports
Lake Accotink Boating
After Lake Accotink, formerly the reservoir for Fort Belvoir, became a public park, the Lake Accotink Yacht Club, founded by Ernest (Buddy) Belote, sailed there between 1972 and 1982. Members raced according to the rules of the International Yacht…
Tags: parks, recreation
Lake Accotink Boat Race
Lake Accotink served as a water supply for Fort Belvoir until 1963 when the Fairfax County Park Authority opened recreational facilties there, purchasing it from the government in 1965 for $88,250.
A cardboard boat regatta is among park…
A cardboard boat regatta is among park…
Tags: parks, recreation
Annandale Women's Club, 2001
In 2001, members of the Annandale Women's Club recreated David Robinson's 1927 painting, The Women's Club. (back row, left to right: Helen Mobley, Alice Snitzer, Priscilla Dodge, Helen Winter, Bette McBeth. Middle row: Marion Poats, Peggy Longmeier,…
Tags: annandale, recreation
Simpson Family: Top 'o the Hill Gang
Four young friends, (l to r) Bernice Rice, Mildred Simpson, James Wycoff, and Virginia Simpson at Spring Grove Farm, circa 1935. With no electronic entertainment, children played outside and with each other as late as they could.
Tags: childhood, recreation
Patty's Riding School, Burke, Virginia
Patty Ruffner's Riding School in Burke, Virginia, advertised in the Fairfax Times Herald, June 8, 1956. The advertisement read: "PATTY'S RIDING SCHOOL Near Fairfax at Burke Offers Lessons In Riding and Jumping. Lessons: 6 1-Hour - 12.00. Trail…
Tags: childhood, historic site, recreation
Lee Highway Drive-In Movie Theater, circa 1950
Lee Highway Drive-in Movie Theater, Merrifield, Virginia, circa 1950. The movie theater was an entertainment center for families, since parents could take children along in the car.
Tags: childhood, recreation
Annandale Dreadnaughts Baseball Team, circa 1940
The Annandale Dreadnaughts, founded in 1940, played teams from other areas and attracted up to 500 fans at games. The team would "pass the hat" to help pay for uniforms and equipment. Baseball scouts occasionally came to check out local players.
Tags: recreation, sports
Fairfax High School, 1954
Sweetheart Dance in the Fairfax High School cafeteria, February 1954
Tags: education, recreation