November 29, 2024
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: community events

Public invited to event highlighting the hidden, Black history of Justice Park

#community events, #history, #Justice High School, #parks
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Justice Park  The community is invited to “Discover the Hidden History of Justice Park” at a special event Sept. 18 hosted by the Fairfax County NAACP’s Environmental and Climate Justice Committee.  Edwin Henderson, founder of the Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation, will talk about the Black families who once owned land on the site and were … Continued

Fairfax County officials remember 9-11 at ceremony at Bailey’s Crossroads Fire Station

#Bailey's Crossroads, #community events, #emergencies, #fire department

An ambulance from the Annandale Fire Station at the Pentagon on 9-11. [Ramiro Galvez] About 35 Fairfax County firefighters and paramedics who responded to the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, are still working for the fire department.  Two of them were at a Remembrance Ceremony at the Bailey’s Crossroads Fire Station Saturday commemorating the 20th … Continued

Fairfax County hosts 9-11 Remembrance Ceremony at Bailey’s Crossroads fire station

#Bailey's Crossroads, #community events, #fire department
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First responders at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. Fairfax County is hosting a Remembrance Ceremony Saturday, Sept. 11, in Bailey’s Crossroads on the 20th anniversary of the 9-11 tragedy.  The event, honoring those lost and those who answered the call, is 2 p.m. at the Bailey’s Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department at 3601 Firehouse Lane. … Continued

Community members invited to get involved in the Annandale Greenway project

#Annandale, #community events, #Greenway, #parks, #trails

The Annandale Greenway would incorporate this trail in Manassas Gap Railroad Park in Annandale. The Annandale Greenway is moving forward, and there are two upcoming opportunities for the public to get involved. In March we published an article by James Albright about his proposal to create a trail through Annandale between Annandale Community Park and … Continued

Bailey’s Rotary Club provides school supplies for the needy

#Bailey's Crossroads, #community events, #community organizations, #schools, #volunteers

Volunteers stuff backpacks with school supplies at the Great Assembly. By David F. Borowski On Aug. 7, after last year’s COVID-19 hiatus, the Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club resumed its Great Assembly school supply project.  With the help of 70 volunteers, including more than 35 Rotarians and their friends and family members, the club assembled 2,300 … Continued

Fireworks: Where to see them

#community events, #entertainment, #families, #holidays

What’s the Fourth of July without a fireworks show?  The City of Falls Church fireworks display, which usually draws lots of spectators from the Annandale/Mason District area, isn’t happening this year, due to construction at Meridian High School (formerly George Mason High School). Instead, Falls Church is hosting a “Declaration Celebration,” with an Independence Day-themed … Continued