Fairfax County Cemetery Preservation Association

• Confederate Cemetery - Union Mills Area, Shared Work

  Posted on July 20th, 2010

  Written by fccpa

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  Samuel Usher Dilley: Confederate Cemetery - Union Mills Area

  

  Submitted by Joy Reid of Clinton, Mississippi
  FCCPA comment. Joy Reid feels confident she has finally identified the final resting place of her great great uncle Samuel Usher Dilley: the Confederate Cemetery - Union Mills Area. The cemetery’s location and history fit well with information garnered from family correspondence, official records, and advice provided by U.S. [...]

• Meeting Notes

  Posted on July 14th, 2010

  Written by fccpa

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  Upcoming FCCPA Meetings

  MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS - GUESTS WELCOME!
  Next meeting - Monday, September 20, 7 pm
  ***Note new meeting location: Kings Park Library, 9000 Burke Lake Road***
  IMPORTANT DATES

  Friday, July 16, 9 am - paint fence and clean up at Fairfax/Buckley Cemetery - volunteers invited - email or call to volunteer
  Survey Saturday July 31
  Survey Saturday August 21

  Future meeting start [...]

• Cemetery Preservation & Restoration Seminar, Current Projects

  Posted on July 14th, 2010

  Written by fccpa

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  Cemetery Preservation & Restoration Seminar

  Cemetery Preservation & Restoration Seminar
  Saturday October 23 & Sunday October 24, 2010

  Robert Mosko - presentation on cemetery and monument preservation; on-site field study and assessment of Frying Pan Park Meeting House Cemetery
  Aimee Wells, Fairfax County Park Authority archaeologist - presentation “Stones Speak in Historic Cemeteries”; learn what types of information can be found in historic [...]

• Cemetery at Lee Chapel Methodist Church, Current Projects

  Posted on July 13th, 2010

  Written by fccpa

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  Cemetery At Lee Chapel Methodist Church Historic Site

  

  Lee Chapel was built in 1871 as a Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Robert E. Lee. The Chapel replaced Mount Carmel Church which had burned down. In 1923 the chapel closed because of “combined circumstances and impassable roads.” In 1939 the chapel reopened through the efforts of former members and new residents [...]

• Meeting Notes

  Posted on July 13th, 2010

  Written by fccpa

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  Congressional Cemetery Tour

  

  On Saturday June 12, 2010, FCCPA members took a guided tour of Congressional Cemetery led by FCCPA member and Congressional Cemetery docent, Dayle Dooley. We learned that in 1807 a burial ground for citizens in the east end of the new federal city was founded. In the first five years, 13 members of Congress, two [...]

• In the News

  Posted on June 23rd, 2010

  Written by fccpa

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  Letter to the Editor - Protect and Preserve Cemeteries

  FCCPA member Maddy McCoy sent the following letter to the Editor of The Washington Post. It appeared in the Tuesday, June 22, 2010 edition, page A18 under the headline Respect the dead — and history.
  It has been disheartening to learn of the careless treatment of veterans’ remains and gravestones at Arlington National Cemetery ["Arlington headstones [...]

• Cemetery Preservation & Restoration Seminar, Current Projects
  Cemetery Preservation & Restoration Seminar

  Cemetery Preservation & Restoration Seminar Saturday October 23 & Sunday October ...

• Current Projects, Gooding-Seaton Cemetery
  Gooding-Seaton Cleanup: Phase 2

  A 550-feet long cemetery is quite a challenge to clean. ...

• In the News
  Letter to the Editor - Protect and Preserve Cemeteries

  FCCPA member Maddy McCoy sent the following letter to the ...

• Current Projects, Marshall Family Cemetery
  Marshall Family Cemetery History

  The cemetery is the last remnant of the homestead of ...

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