Fairfax County Remembers its Military Veterans
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Fairfax County Remembers its Military Veterans

From left, Lecia Dorfler, Rosemary Smith, Regent Cathy Sampson and Donna Hoenscheid, members of the Providence Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR), participate in the wreath-laying ceremony, honoring those who died in WW1.

From left, Lecia Dorfler, Rosemary Smith, Regent Cathy Sampson and Donna Hoenscheid, members of the Providence Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR), participate in the wreath-laying ceremony, honoring those who died in WW1. Photo Courtesy of Heather Bollinger

Monday, November 19, 2018

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Photo Courtesy of Heather Bollinger

The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office Color Guard.

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Photo Courtesy of Heather Bollinger

From left, Noah Collins (Cub Scout Pack 41), Caleb Collins (Boy Scout Troop 1865), Grayson Bulova (Cub Scout Pack 41) and Sam Laikin (Boy Scout Troop 1865) pose in front of the WW1 marker, honoring the 27 Fairfax County residents killed in WW1. Outside the Old Fairfax County Courthouse in Fairfax, it was erected by the Fairfax County Chapter of the NSDAR in 1926. During Sunday’s WWI Armistice Commemoration, all 27 names were read aloud, and a wreath was laid at the memorial.

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Photo Courtesy of Heather Bollinger

Comprising the event’s planning committee are (from left) Heather Bollinger, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records; Laura Wickstead, Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library; and Mary Lipsey and Gretchen Bulova, Fairfax County History Commission.

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Supervisor John Cook (R-Braddock District) speaks at the wreath-laying outside the Courthouse.

Fairfax County’s Veterans Day/100th Anniversary Commemoration of WWI Armistice ceremony was held Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Old Fairfax County Courthouse in the City of Fairfax.

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