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
Survey Saturday August 21 in the Virginia Room at City of Fairfax Library in order to do research on cemeteries 10 am - noonish. Meet near the information desk
Future meeting [...]
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 [...]
The Chestnut Grove Cemetery in Herndon was established in 1872. There are earlier burials which were re-interred there. The Van Vleck family donated the land for the cemetery and established a trusteeship. Today the Town of Herndon maintains this cemetery, which is still in active use. The cemetery was surveyed in July of 2010. Because [...]
Arnon Chapel Cemetery in Great Falls, Virginia was surveyed in July of 2010. The chapel served as a community place of worship and social events for almost fifty years. The community consisted of farmers, blacksmiths, and general store owners. Today, the cemetery is still in use and is a mixture of old and modern markers. [...]
Brown’s Memorial Cemetery and Brown’s Chapel Cemetery are connected in name and in history. In July 2010, surveyors noted that both cemeteries are well maintained and are still in active use.
The Brown’s Memorial Cemetery was started for the family members of Rev. Augustus Brown, who deeded land for and built Brown’s Chapel.
Photos of Brown’s Memorial [...]
Brown’s Chapel Cemetery and Brown’s Memorial Cemetery are connected in name and in history. In July 2010, surveyors noted that both cemeteries are well maintained and are still in active use.
In 1850 Rev. Brown and his brother Rev. Jesse Brown led a group of believers from New York to Virginia, where they purchased 320 acres. [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
