Mark your calendars! The Fairfax County History Commission, Fairfax Museum & Visitor Center, Fairfax County Park Authority and Preservation Virginia’s Northern Branch will be hosting their 7^th Annual Fairfax County History Conference: 

“The Civil War Comes to Fairfax County!” 

When: Saturday, November 12, 2011; 8:30am – 4:00pm

Where: Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center, Fairfax, Virginia

Cost for the day:  $20.00**Includes breakfast & lunch served & catered by the excellent Annandale High School’s Culinary Department. 

Local Authors will be selling books and local history organizations will be sharing their exhibits. Fairfax County BOS Chairman, Sharon Bulova will kick-off the conference & present a variety of awards to county historians and historical groups.  Many of the foremost local Civil War Historians will be presenting on a variety of topics:

• Stephen Potter, National Park Service “Archaeology & the Battle at Brawner Farm”
• Rich Gillespie, “1861: That Year the Civil War came to Northern Virginia”
• Gar Schulin, “Robert E. Lee – The American”
• Susan Hellman, “Woodlawn on the Eve of the Civil War”
• Art Candenquist, “The Centreville Military Railroad”
• David Blake, “Buckland – A Land of History, A Land to Preserve”

This promises to be one of the VERY best Sesquicentennial offerings of 2011!!  Don’t miss it! For questions, please contact Conference Chairperson, Lynne Garvey-Hodge, Fairfax County History Commission at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it & (703) 322-1811