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  <subtitle><![CDATA[History and memory are intertwined. A Look Back at Braddock District is a local history, the story of a rural region in the heart of Fairfax County, Virginia, transformed over time into a sprawling suburb of Washington, DC. The memories of more than 50 Northern Virginia residents are captured in oral histories. Photographs, documents, maps and artifacts amplify these personal experiences and document growth and change in the area.

Braddock is one of nine magisterial districts in Fairfax County, Virginia. During the twentieth century, housing developments and highways overtook fields and one-lane roads. Educational complexes overgrew three-room schoolhouses, and shopping centers and malls replaced general stores. Residents of Braddock District shaped the changes in their lives; their memories shape the history of their communities.]]></subtitle>
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    <title><![CDATA[Little River Turnpike Historic Marker]]></title>
    <summary><![CDATA[On October 28, 1992, a ceremony was held to dedicate the Little River Turnpike historic marker in Annandale Tollhouse Park.  Pictured from left to right are: Helen Winter and Arif Hodzic, members of the Annandale Central Business District Planning Committee, Inc. Board of Directors; Supervisor Christine R. Trapnell, Mason District; Supervisor Sharon Bulova, Braddock District; Eileen J. Garnett, Chairman, and Gordon Cole, Vice Chairman, of the Annandale Central Business District Planning Committee Inc. Annandale Tollhouse Park is located at the intersection of Little River Turnpike and Annandale Road.]]></summary>
    <updated>2011-09-13T22:32:43-04:00</updated>
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                                    <div class="element-text">On October 28, 1992, a ceremony was held to dedicate the Little River Turnpike historic marker in Annandale Tollhouse Park.  Pictured from left to right are: Helen Winter and Arif Hodzic, members of the Annandale Central Business District Planning Committee, Inc. Board of Directors; Supervisor Christine R. Trapnell, Mason District; Supervisor Sharon Bulova, Braddock District; Eileen J. Garnett, Chairman, and Gordon Cole, Vice Chairman, of the Annandale Central Business District Planning Committee Inc. Annandale Tollhouse Park is located at the intersection of Little River Turnpike and Annandale Road.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Courtesy Eileen Garnett</div>
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    <title><![CDATA[Annandale Beautification, circa 1986]]></title>
    <summary><![CDATA[A clown and citizens publicizing the urban renovation soon to take place in downtown Annandale, c. 1986. With the support of the Mason and Annandale (today Braddock) District supervisors, the Annandale Beautification Committee formed and subsequently expanded into the Annandale Revitalization Committee, to improve downtown Annandale.]]></summary>
    <updated>2011-09-13T22:33:57-04:00</updated>
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                                    <div class="element-text">A clown and citizens publicizing the urban renovation soon to take place in downtown Annandale, c. 1986. With the support of the Mason and Annandale (today Braddock) District supervisors, the Annandale Beautification Committee formed and subsequently expanded into the Annandale Revitalization Committee, to improve downtown Annandale.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Courtesy Eileen Garnett</div>
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    <title><![CDATA[Falls Church District]]></title>
    <summary><![CDATA[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.]]></summary>
    <updated>2011-09-13T22:34:46-04:00</updated>
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                                    <div class="element-text">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.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Courtesy Robert Hunt</div>
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    <id>http://braddockheritage.org/items/show/145</id>
    <title><![CDATA[Jean Packard ]]></title>
    <summary><![CDATA[Jean Packard opens the new office of the Fairfax County Water Authority, circa 1960. Ms. Packard began a career of public service  as an activist to  improve delivery of county services to her community.  She subsequently served as president of the Federation of Citizens Associations and later as chair of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. ]]></summary>
    <updated>2011-09-13T22:36:02-04:00</updated>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Jean Packard opens the new office of the Fairfax County Water Authority, circa 1960. Ms. Packard began a career of public service  as an activist to  improve delivery of county services to her community.  She subsequently served as president of the Federation of Citizens Associations and later as chair of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. </div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Photo courtesy Jean Packard</div>
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    <id>http://braddockheritage.org/items/show/144</id>
    <title><![CDATA[Fairfax County Supervisors, circa 1970]]></title>
    <summary><![CDATA[Former Annandale District Supervisor Audrey Moore, second from left, with some fellow Fairfax County Supervisors, many of whom are holding pictures of historic buildings.  Ms. Moore holds a photograph of Oak Hill, a historic home in the Wakefield Chapel area of Braddock District. Annandale District was renamed Braddock District in 1992.]]></summary>
    <updated>2011-09-13T22:36:41-04:00</updated>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Former Annandale District Supervisor Audrey Moore, second from left, with some fellow Fairfax County Supervisors, many of whom are holding pictures of historic buildings.  Ms. Moore holds a photograph of Oak Hill, a historic home in the Wakefield Chapel area of Braddock District. Annandale District was renamed Braddock District in 1992.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Photograph from Fairfax County Public Library, Virginia Room, Photographic Archive</div>
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    <id>http://braddockheritage.org/items/show/143</id>
    <title><![CDATA[Moscow comes to Braddock]]></title>
    <summary><![CDATA[Fairfax Supervisor, Sharon Bulova meets with Russian visitors to Fairfax County.  Braddock District became part of an education in democratic government for local officials in Russia after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1989.  The Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. had approached  Northern Virginia Community College to instigate dialog between Russians seeking new viewpoints on democracy and capitalism. Northern Virginians first went to Russia in 1992 and an exchange delegation then came to Braddock District.  Russian delegations of police, professors, attorneys, and other professionals continued to come to the area, stay with families and visit county government and private companies for the next decade.  ]]></summary>
    <updated>2011-09-13T22:38:29-04:00</updated>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Fairfax Supervisor, Sharon Bulova meets with Russian visitors to Fairfax County.  Braddock District became part of an education in democratic government for local officials in Russia after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1989.  The Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. had approached  Northern Virginia Community College to instigate dialog between Russians seeking new viewpoints on democracy and capitalism. Northern Virginians first went to Russia in 1992 and an exchange delegation then came to Braddock District.  Russian delegations of police, professors, attorneys, and other professionals continued to come to the area, stay with families and visit county government and private companies for the next decade.  </div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Courtesy Sharon Bulova</div>
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    <id>http://braddockheritage.org/items/show/135</id>
    <title><![CDATA[Oral History: Bill Wrench]]></title>
    <summary><![CDATA[Bill Wrench came to the Braddock District in 1957 as the Director of the Economic and Industrial Development Committee (later, the Economic Development Authority). Lack of development in the county surprised him then, but his job was to integrate industrial development with residential growth. In 1960, he left the government and opened his own business, an oil distributorship and then a gas station. His family became part of the new Ravensworth Farm subdivision. Bill Wrench looks at roads, gas station management, and what brings people to live in the area.]]></summary>
    <updated>2011-09-13T22:54:04-04:00</updated>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Bill Wrench came to the Braddock District in 1957 as the Director of the Economic and Industrial Development Committee (later, the Economic Development Authority). Lack of development in the county surprised him then, but his job was to integrate industrial development with residential growth. In 1960, he left the government and opened his own business, an oil distributorship and then a gas station. His family became part of the new Ravensworth Farm subdivision. Bill Wrench looks at roads, gas station management, and what brings people to live in the area.</div>
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    <id>http://braddockheritage.org/items/show/126</id>
    <title><![CDATA[Oral History: Jean Packard]]></title>
    <summary><![CDATA[After moving to Fairfax County in 1951, Jean Packard was heavily involved in county and local politics.  She served as chair of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and president of the Federation of Citizens Association.  She discusses development issues and the response of government and community activists.]]></summary>
    <updated>2011-09-13T23:08:28-04:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Oral History: Audrey Moore]]></title>
    <summary><![CDATA[Audrey Moore represented Annandale District (now Braddock) for four terms on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors before her election as Board Chairman in 1988.  She traces her political career and the politics behind Fairfax County growth.  ]]></summary>
    <updated>2011-10-12T13:32:29-04:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Oral History: Robin Hirst]]></title>
    <summary><![CDATA[Robin Hirst grew up among influential people when her father, Omer Hirst, served as a Virginia State Legislator. Her family&#039;s farm near Burke has been subdivided and developed, but the unique house they built, Hirst House, remains.  She shares memories of her childhood, people she met, and her involvement in equestrian sports.]]></summary>
    <updated>2011-09-13T23:21:26-04:00</updated>
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