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3 days ago · Fairfax County in Virginia formed the District's entire southern flank. Adm. Alexander Cochrane commanded all British forces in North America. On August 16, 1814, his fleet anchored off Point...
5 days ago · Wednesday, November 17, 2021. Fairfax County has a “storied history.” “The lives of those who came before us still affect us today,” U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly told attendees of the 17th Fairfax...
4 days ago · When the Fairfax County Parkway was being built years ago, it was a gold mine for Jon Hickox and his metal detector. He started finding Civil War. Photo by Mike Salmon. Jon Hickox with relics at the winery. relics at the construction sites, learning what he could along the way.
6 days ago · African-American genealogy and related materials in the Reference Collection of the Virginia Room of the Fairfax County Public Library system. Introduction and General Guides. Free African Americans in Colonial Virginia. Slavery — General.
3 days ago · Lost Towns of Fairfax County Burke Historical Society presents talk on once-vibrant communities that have since faded from view. Wiehle: The Town of Wiehle about 1900.
5 days ago · Alexandria, city, adjoining Arlington and Fairfax counties, northern Virginia, U.S. It lies on the Potomac River (there bridged at the Maryland state line), 6 miles (10 km) south of the District of Columbia. A fort was built on the site in 1676 to defend the area from attacks by Susquehannock.
2 days ago · The boundary markers of the original District of Columbia are the 40 milestones that marked the four lines forming the boundaries between the states of Maryland and Virginia and the square of 100 square miles (259 km 2) of federal territory that became the District of Columbia in 1801 (see: Founding of the District of Columbia ).
