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Dr. George Oberle book talk!
George Mason University George Oberle presented a program based on his his new book at the historic Oakton Schoolhouse on Hunter Mill Road on May 9. Creating an Informed Citizenry: Knowledge and Democracy in the Early American Republic is available from UVA Press. https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10158/
Photo courtesy of John Parks

Historic Schoolhouses of Northern Virginia Open House
The Historical Society of Fairfax County cosponsored the Historic Schoolhouses of Northern Virginia open house on May 3 at Oakton Schoolhouse on Hunter Mill Road. President Sue Kovach Shuman pictured at the left.

Century Oak Farm
Century Oak Farm was named after a solitary, large red oak tree located on the south side of Thompson Road in what is today’s Sully District of… (Read More)