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Tag Archives: Black History
The Northern Virginia Baptist Association – BITD
I’m done, I got nothing left. No more stories. I’ve completely run out of tales about growing up in Remington, Virginia. To some of you, I know this comes as good news. How many childhood stories can one person conjure … Continue reading
Ten Plus Two More: The Legend of the Rosenwald School
Chapter One: The Lost Treasure of Piney Ridge “Ten plus two more.” – “What?!” “Ten plus two more, that’s the answer, ten plus two more!” – “That’s the answer to what? What the heck are you babbling about now?” “That’s … Continue reading
Providence
I was baptized in the Rappahannock River in the summer of 1961. My older siblings, I and quite a few of our friends from the ridge had turned our lives over to Christ at Providence Baptist Church in Remington, Virginia, … Continue reading
Posted in Country Living
Tagged Black History, Fauquier County, Nostalgia, Remington, Reminiscing
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Just Like Hugo’s
Stan Brown with two classmates at Navy Air Traffic Control Training Center at Naval Air Station Glynco in Brunswick, GA How in the world could I have let myself be talked into a situation like this again? There I … Continue reading
Posted in Country Living, The 70s
Tagged Based on actual events, Black History, Culture, Ethnicity, History, segregation
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The Christmas Spirit
Celebrate Christmas with Jack. A company I once worked for had an Office Christmas party one year. The party took place back in the 1970s so I am guessing the statute of limitations has expired just in case something reported … Continue reading
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Tagged African American, Black History, Culpeper, Culpeper County, Fauquier, Fauquier County, Nostalgia, Remington, Reminiscing, Virginia, Warrenton
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Saving The Griffinsburg Plantation
By Earlene V. Brown (as told to her by her grandmother Caroline Venie) Photo/Courtesy of The Brown Family Library Caroline Venie (Gran). One day during the spring of 1862, my paternal grandmother, Caroline Venie, was instrumental in saving the valuables … Continue reading
