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A icy winter evening at VA

"Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 – February 9, 1886) was a career U.S. Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the…

The Fireman's Insurance Company began its operations in 1838 in downtown Washington.

Samuel F.B. Morse Artist and inventor opened and operated on this site under the direction of the Post Office Department. The First Public Telegraph Office.

The French artist Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre (1787-1851) became interested in the 1820s in trying to capture images photographically. In August 1839 his “Daguerreotype” technique–fixing an image on a light-sensitive, polished silver plate–was…

Verizon Center is a 20,000-seat multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue, owned and operated by Monumental Sports & Entertainment, in the Penn Quarter neighborhood of Chinatown in downtown Washington, D.C. The arena is home to the NBA’s…

Fairfax Square has it all - a terrific location in northern Virginia's Fairfax County, close to the Beltway and Washington DC, I-66, Vienna Metro and Old Town Fairfax, plus apartment and townhome plans to suit any lifestyle or taste. The community is…

Old Town Hall was built in 1900. Joseph E. Willard, who served as lieutenant governor of Virginia and Minister to Spain, built the Town Hall and gave it to the town in 1900.

Historic Fairfax Elementary School. This is the oldest, two-story, brick public school house in Fairfax County. Bricks were made from a clay pit on the Farr property across Main St.

This is the oldest house in the City of Fairfax. It was built in 1812 and the first city-owned building to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places 1973.