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Article: Tenth Annual Virginia Festival for the Book: Fairfax County History Commission to Participate in Local History Discussion

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March 23, 2004
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The Fairfax County History Commission will present a panel of local historians discussing the researching and writing of local history in Fairfax County at the Tenth Annual Festival for the Book in Charlottesville on Sunday, March 28, at 1:30 p.m. in the McIntire Room of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, 201 East Market Street, Charlottesville.

Authors featured will include Arlington resident Ross Netherton (co-author with his late wife Nan) of "The Preservation of History in Fairfax County, Virginia"; Herndon resident Charles Mauro, author of "The Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill)"; and Centreville resident Paula Elsey, editor/author "Stone Ground: A History of Union ...

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