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Burke Lake Park is an example of county and citizens groups working together to create a recreational area. In the late 1950s, sport fishing leagues and conservative groups suggested to the Fairfax County Park Authority that a public fishing lake be…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

Little River Turnpike was one of the important early roads in Fairfax County and one of the first toll roads in the nation, enabling transport of goods from western Virginia to the Potomac River port of Alexandria. The Turnpike became the first paved…

When the completed 66-mile Beltway officially opened, motorists came eager to drive the full route in a bumper-to-bumper stream. The first section opened in 1961; the road was completed in 1964. The Beltway, called the Circumferential Highway…

A Thursday, November 19, 1964, newspaper article in the Springfield Independent reports on the opening of Kings Park Elementary School, the 121st school to open in Fairfax County.