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Burke native Glenn Curtis photographed the work in progress taming Rebel Hill and turning that stretch of Braddock Road into a four-lane divided highway. Research has not determined the exact time of construction by the Virginia Department of…

Free e-book in PDF format. PDF files can be read on most e-readers and, with compatible software installed, on desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones. Braddock’s True Goldby Marion Meany and Mary Lipsey grew out of theA Look Back at…

Michael Mitchell's "The Bog Wallow Ambuscade" is an in-depth account of the December 4, 1861 ambush by New Jersey infantry of Georgia cavalrymen on Braddock Road. Mitchell draws on participant reports, maps, official Civil War records and newspaper…

The historical marker reads: "BOG WALLOW AMBUSH...On 4 December 1861, fifty-five men of the 3rd New Jersey Infantry, Col. George W. Taylor commanding, set an ambush nearby in retaliation for attacks on Union pickets. They stretched two telegraph…

On the night of November 5, 1861, a shootout occurred between three Union scouts and four Confederate cavalrymen at Oak Hill. It was seven months after the start of the Civil War and four months after the Confederate victory in the First Battle of…

Teaching activity introducing oral history as a teaching methodology with directions for conducting interviews and sample questions.

This teaching activity gives historic clues to help students fill-in-the blanks to identify recognizable towns within Fairfax County.

A teaching activity integrating the example of the construction of Dulles Airport to illustrate the concept of eminent domain and the role of civic action and citizen protest. Material includes an outline of events and suggests discussion topics and…

This teaching material and activity gives a brief overview of economic development in Fairfax County from 1600 to the present day followed by prompts for classroom discussion and a teaching activity.

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