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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPD1_ilda_El-Paso-VA.html
Ilda, a community located at the intersection ofGuinea Road and Little River Turnpike, came into existence after the Civil War and lasted into the first half of the twentieth century. It originated when two freedmen, Horace Gibson and Moses Parker…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJL6_peyton-anderson_Fairfax-VA.html
Payton Anderson of the Rappahannock Cavalry was severely wounded on picket duty 122 ft. N.W. of this spot May 27, 1861. The first soldier of the South to shed his blood for the Confederacy.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3MT_burkes-station-raid_Mantua-VA.html
Burke's Station, four miles south, was raided by Stuart's cavalry, December, 1862. Stuart telegraphed to Washington complaining of the bad quality of the mules he had captured—a famous joke.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHB_luther-p-jackson-high-school_Fairfax-VA.html
Luther P. Jackson High School, opened in 1954, was the first and only high school in Fairfax County created to serve the African-American community. The school was named after Luther Porter Jackson, a prominent historian, educator and founder of t…
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