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To feel the pulse of earth
where man has trod and
for the future keep the past.


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GFHS 2012-2013 PROGRAMS


o promote community spirit, by bringing the past into the present, we provide these monthly programs on the events, forces, and people who have shaped and are shaping history.  Please attend!   Everyone is welcome.

If you do not already receive
— and would like to have —
an e-mail reminder of each meeting,
just send a request to <webmaster@gfhs.org>.


2012

Sep 12 Historic Colvin Run Road:
Contributing Properties

Presented by Summer Interns
 
Oct 10 GFHS Oktober Fest:
Local Great Falls Ghost Stories

& The Kings Park Band
Presented by Jinny Beyer,
Carolyn Miller, & Doris Carpenter

 
Nov 14 Historic Families of Georgetown Pike:
The Gunnell's, Van Patten's,
& Cornwells

Presented by Sean Beyer,
Florence Doherty, &
Carolyn Miller

 
Dec 12 An Old-Fashioned
Christmas Celebration
At the Historic Great Falls Grange

Presented by Cooper Middle School Chorus
& Chamber Orchestra.
Historic dessert & refreshments
from the GFHS Cookbook

 

2013

Jan 9 Slavery to Reconstruction:
Weaving Threads of History
into an African-American Tapestry

Presented by Marion Dobbins,
Professional Historian

7:00 PM at the Great Falls Library
 
Feb 13
Restrained and Detained
At the Conn's Ferry River Crossing:
Late-18th & Early-19th Century Incidents

Presented by Debbie Robison,
Preservation Consultant

7:00 PM at the Great Falls Library
 
Mar 13 The History of Local Shopping
1900 to 2007

7:00 PM at the Great Falls Library
 
Apr 10 Follin Family History
7:00 PM at the Great Falls Library
 
May 5 Great Falls Day:
At the
Historic Great Falls Grange Park

Sunday, 12 Noon to 6:00 PM
In the Grange and School Buildings
& on the Surounding Grange Park
 
May 15 Tibbetts Award Banquet
& Annual Meeting

6:30 PM at the Old Brogue
 

UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE, MEETINGS ARE HELD AT 7:00 PM AT THE GREAT FALLS LIBRARY, NEXT DOOR TO THE GRANGE HALL AT 9818 GEORGETOWN PIKE.


PLEASE REMEMBER — WHEN FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOL CLOSINGS ARE NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, PROGRAMS SCHEDULED AT THE LIBRARY OR THE GRANGE WILL BE CANCELED.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, E-MAIL <programs@gfhs.org>.


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