Northern Virginia and Fairfax County is an area with a rich and interesting history. Our area was home to several Civil War sites like Captain John Quincy Marr Monument(Fairfax City – opening conflict of the war with first soldier killed), Fort Marcy (McLean – fort built to protect the Chain Bridge), Mount Gilead House (Centreville […]
If you are a Tom Clancy fan like myself the ability to peek a bit inside his life is exciting. His Peregrine Cliff home at the Chesapeake is currently for sale at an almost affordable $3.9M. If you want the full 537 acres you will have to pay a bit more. Some things I […]
“Ellis” dead drop site in Foxstone Park used by Hanssen, including on the day of his arrest (Wikipedia)[/caption] Northern Virginia and Fairfax County have produced a long list of famous and successful people. We have also have our share of infamous ones. One of those infamous people would be Robert Hanssen. Hanssen was a Special […]
The Camp Alger camp was established on 1400 acres known as Woodburn Manor in the Dunn Loring area 1.5 miles from the Dunn Loring station on the Southern Railway in 1898. The camp didn’t last too long (May-August 1898) but managed to train 23,500 men for the Spanish-American War. The camp was spread out on […]