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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3N3_bull-run-battlefields_Fairfax-VA.html
Ten miles west were fought the two Battles of Manassas or Bull Run.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM37F_old-baptismal-area_Fairfax-VA.html
Local residents recall the period through the 1930s when Mount Calvary Baptist Church regularly conducted baptismal services in the Accotink Branch, in the pool formed at its confluence with the Tussico. White-robed candidates were immersed by the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2Z5_manassas-gap-railroad-independent-line_Fairfax-VA.html
The Independent Line of the Manassas Gap Railroad ran through this area. Conceived to extend the Manassas Gap Railroad to Alexandria, grading on this part of the line began in September 1854. Financial problems stopped the work in May 1857. In var…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2TY_mosbys-midnight-raid_Fairfax-VA.html
Col. John Singleton Mosby formed the 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry "to weaken the armies invading Virginia by harassing their rear." Near midnight on 8 March 1863, he led his horsemen undetected through Union lines to disrupt communications betw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPS_fairfax-nike-missile-site_Fairfax-VA.html
During the Cold War a ring of Nike anti-aircraft missile sites defended the nation's capital, reminiscent of the perimeter of forts that protected it during the Civil War. Just east of here was located the launch control equipment for one of the t…