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Back in the Day in Fauquier County, Virginia – 1978
The year was around 1978 and as you can already guess, “those were the good old days”. Everything was simpler then, everything was fun. We enjoyed being around friends and family. We were young and carefree. If you see someone … Continue reading
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Tagged African American, African American Life, Black, Culpeper, Culpeper County, Fauquier, Fauquier County, Negro life, Nostalgia, Remington, Reminiscing, rural, Virginia, Warrenton
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The Whole Town’s Laughing At Me
Every time I hear that song by Teddy Pendergrass, “The Whole Town’s Laughing at Me”, it takes me back to 1975 and the weekend a Navy buddy of mine invited me to go back with him to his hometown and … Continue reading
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Tagged African American, African American Life, Black, Culpeper, Culpeper County, Fauquier, Fauquier County, Negro life, Nostalgia, Remington, Reminiscing, rural, Virginia, Warrenton
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Historic Schools of Fauquier County, Virginia
Remington Colored School class picture, taken @1900. Photo courtesy of the Brown/ Gibson family archives Historic Schools of Fauquier County, Virginia USGS Topo Map Bethel School Marshall Blackwell Town School Midland Cherry Hill School Linden Crest Hill School Flint Hill … Continue reading
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Tagged African American, Ethnicity, History, Nostalgia, Virginia
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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
A Sight Unseen
“Hey-Lean” Jackson had to tell someone what she’d seen. She just wasn’t sure anybody would believe her. Hey-Lean Jackson knelt at the edge of the woods wondering what she should do. A car had just parked at the end of … Continue reading
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Tagged Based on actual events, Ethnicity, Nostalgia, Reminiscing, Virginia
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Embracing Our Roots
For African Americans, there’s no such thing as just being black anymore, almost all descendants of slaves have some amount of European blood cursing through there veins. It’s gotten to be a habit now, I guess I’ve been diving into … Continue reading
