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 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>.
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2012
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| Sep 12 |
Historic Colvin Run Road:
Contributing Properties
Presented by Summer Interns
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| Oct 10 |
GFHS Oktober Fest:
Local Great Falls Ghost Stories
& The Kings Park Band
Presented by Jinny Beyer,
Carolyn Miller, & Doris Carpenter
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| Nov 14 |
Historic Families of Georgetown Pike:
The Gunnell's, Van Patten's,
& Cornwells
Presented by Sean Beyer,
Florence Doherty, & Carolyn Miller
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| 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
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2013
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| 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
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Feb 13
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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
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| Mar 13
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The History of Local Shopping
1900 to 2007
7:00 PM at the Great Falls Library
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| Apr 10
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Follin Family History
7:00 PM at the Great Falls Library
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| 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
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| May 15 |
Tibbetts Award Banquet
& Annual Meeting
6:30 PM at the Old Brogue
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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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