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- Back in the Day in Fauquier County, Virginia – 1978 April 9, 2019
- The Whole Town’s Laughing At Me April 1, 2019
- Separate But Equal September 11, 2017
- Thinking About Mama July 30, 2017
- Historic Schools of Fauquier County, Virginia November 24, 2015
- The Association November 21, 2015
- Hard To Find September 20, 2015
- Norfolk State College: The Untold Story July 17, 2015
- Ten Plus Two More: The Legend of the Rosenwald School May 21, 2015
- Little Naked! May 7, 2015
- Try Your Best to Stay Alive! April 19, 2015
- A Good Place to Land April 4, 2015
- A Lesson Well Learned March 8, 2015
- The House on Piney Ridge Road February 1, 2015
- Providence January 24, 2015
- Le Plume Est Sur La Table November 23, 2014
- Norfolk State College: The Ping Pong Man October 27, 2014
- English Leather October 5, 2014
- A Sight Unseen September 29, 2014
- The Strangers Among Us August 2, 2014
- The Down Side of Ancestry.com July 4, 2014
- Embracing Our Roots May 23, 2014
- A Sign of the Times May 4, 2014
- A Picnic to Remember April 20, 2014
- “The Miracle of the Corn” March 14, 2014
- Charles N. Davis Masonry Contractors March 9, 2014
- Just Like Hugo’s February 22, 2014
- A Friend of the Family January 31, 2014
- Norfolk State College: (A Fish Out of Water ) October 1, 2013
- The Long Way Home September 14, 2013
- A Herculean Task September 9, 2013
- Nothing to Cheer About – The Desegregation of Fauquier High School September 2, 2013
- The Christmas Spirit August 24, 2013
- Saving The Griffinsburg Plantation August 16, 2013
- The State Bank of Remington – Up Close and Personal August 7, 2013
- The Community Action Program: Warrenton, Virginia August 3, 2013
- Growing Up Colored: Everyday Life July 30, 2013
- The Ridge July 28, 2013
- Doomsday at the Park July 27, 2013
- Southeastern Elementary School July 25, 2013
- How I Found Out July 25, 2013
- The Legend of the Woman in White July 25, 2013
- The Sit-In of ’62 July 25, 2013
- Country Living July 24, 2013
- “Say It Loud! I’m Black and I’m Proud!” May 20, 2013
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The Association
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
Posted in Country Living
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
