Next
Meeting
Sunday, Nov. 15
2 p.m. at Old Town Hall
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Old Town Hall
3999 Universiry Drive
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Sunday, November 3, 2019 at 2:00 PM
Celebrate the 95th anniversary of the release of the 1924 silent movie
"The Road to Happiness"
filmed in Fairfax County, VA and produced by the Ford Motor Company.
Learn about the making of the movie during a pre-screening talk
from Historical Societ President Chris Barbuschak.
Light refreshments provided. Non-members welcome.
Previous Meetings
Crouch School House
September 15, 2019
Fairfax County Police and Fire Museums
March 3, 2019
The Charge of the Grey Devils at Fairfax Court House
Speaker: William Page Johnson, II
Historic Fairfax County Courthouse
June 12, 2016
Historic Green Spring/Green Spring Gardens
October 25, 2015
Mt. Gilead
June 28, 2015
Historic Huntley
May 24, 2015
Wolf Trap National Park fro the Performing Arts
September 14, 2014
50 Years of Reston's History with founder, Bob Simon
Reston Museum
June 29, 2014
African-American experience in Fairfax County 1865-1965
Speaker: Edwin Henderson II
Pleasant Grove Church
September 30, 2012
Turning Point Suffragist Memorial
Speaker: Kathleen Pablo
Workhouse Art Center
May 6, 2012
Everyday Life Behind the Lines 1860 – 1862
Baltimore, Washington, Fairfax
Speaker: Lloyce Ann West
Civil War Interpretive Center
March 25, 2012
Shipbuilding on the Bay and the Highways of Water
Speaker: Robert E. Pratt
The
City of Fairfax Regional Library
December 4, 2011
The Ruins of Belvoir, home of William Fairfax
Speaker: Patrick L. O'Neill
Sherwood Regional Library
September 25, 2011
Photo: Carol L. Cross
Historic Hunters Mill Road
Speaker: James Lewis
The Vale School
May 22, 2011
Northern Virginia Silversmiths and Artisans
Speaker: Catherine B. Hollan
The City of Fairfax Regional Library
March 27, 2011
History of the Fairfax County Police Department 1921-1990
Speaker: Dan Courtney
The Fairfax Courthouse
December 5, 2010
Tour of the Mackall Home
Speaker: Karen Washburn
Henry C. Mackall Homeplace
October 31, 2010
Tour of the Pohick Church
Historic Pohick Church
September 26, 2010
Tour of Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon
June 27, 2010
Speaker: Jack Hiller
Braddock District Supervisor’s Office, Burke, VA
March 21, 2010
Museum Exhibit "Vienna Remembers WWII" and
Tour of the 1874 Vienna Presbyterian Chapel
Freeman Store and Museum
November 22, 2009
"Lesser Known Civil War Incidents in Fairfax County"
Speaker: Don Hakenson
Franconia Museum
June 28, 2009
Civil War Interpretive Center
March 29, 2009
Walking Tour of Historic Langley Fork
Speakers: Henry & Douglas Mackall
Langley Fork Meeting House
September 28, 2008
Tour of Mt. Gilead and Spindle Sears House
Speakers: Michael Rierson and Michael Frey
Mt.
Gilead
May 18, 2008
Tour of the new Virginia Room
Speaker: Suzanne Levy
The
City of Fairfax Regional Library
March 2, 2008
History of the Vale community and historic schoolhouse origins.
Speaker: Trish Strat
The
Vale Schoolhouse
December 16, 2007
History of the Meeting House and changes to the neighborhood.
Friends
Meetinghouse at Woodlawn
September 16, 2007
Braddock's True Gold:
20th Century Life in the Heart of Fairfax County
Wakefield Chapel
September 24, 2006
Long View
June 26, 2005
Leeton
Speaker: Lewis Leigh, Jr.
Leeton
June 6, 2004
Franconia Museum/Laurel Grove Community
Speaker: Phyllis Walker Ford
Laurel Grove School and Laurel GroveBaptist Church
April 18, 2004
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