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By Jan Buchanan After more than 18 months of We had insider’s tours of the State Special to the Gazette planning, Mary Carroll Potter be- Department, radio stations, com- came Mount Vernon At Home’s mercial gardens, etc. I have made ifteen years ago, as she first president in 2009. friends I will have until the day I contemplated retirement, Virginia Hodgkinson attended die,” Stephens said. Mary Carroll Potter envi- that first meeting. She had heard Margaret and Arnold Edelman Fsioned her future. With independently about the Beacon were also among those who found her children scattered about she Hill Village as it was called and the socialization of MVAH to be confirmed to herself the home she was enthusiastic. equally important as the member loved in the Hollin Hills neighbor- “As we created our own orga- services. Arnold Edelman was the hood she had lived in for 40 years nization, we had the Beacon Hill first treasurer while Margaret was would be the ideal place. But how? model we could emulate but quick- a member of the nominating com- “I read about a Beacon Hill or- ly found that wouldn’t work,” Hod- mittee. ganization created to facilitate gkinson said. “They are a walkable Margaret Edelman thought a lot neighbors helping neighbors thrive urban community and we are sub- of MVAH’s success was because as they retired and aged in their urban, so the issues were different, “we were a community. We had homes and I immediately thought particularly transportation.” so much in common. Many of us we needed something like that As the neighborhood buzz grew moved to the area when we were

here. Literally everyone I talked to Janet Barnett/The Gazette as loud as a chorus of cicadas, Bet- young and poor and had been about it agreed. It seemed so ob- sy Stephens heard the news and there our whole lives. There was vious.” volunteered to be involved. As a just so much synergy.” Potter hosted a meeting in her health professional she served on A big service of MVAH is its home with about five or six friends the health advisory committee and preferred providers list. Kae Wells who had expressed particular in- developed an array of wellness chaired this committee, and they terest and the beginnings of Mount programs such as exercise classes, went through any number of lev- Vernon At Home (MVAH) started general safety protocols, health ed- els of investigation to ensure that to take shape. “I don’t know why ucation. members who used this list were but none of us had any doubt this “As valuable as MVAH is, I found getting honest and genuinely rec- was going to be a success,” she ob- my greatest joy in meeting people ommended referrals. served. Jan Buchanan is the Executive Director of Mount Vernon at Home. and many of the group activities. See Mount Vernon, on Page 11 Ceremonial Swearing-in of Police Chief Davis

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Photo by Glenda Booth “This morning, Chief Davis was surrounded by family, senior staff, and members of the Board of Su- pervisors for his ceremonial swear- ing-in as Chief of Police.” Davis was sworn-in by John T. Frey, the clerk of the Fairfax County Circuit Court. (From left) John T. Frey, the Fairfax County Circuit Court clerk Davis became the police chief swears in Kevin Davis as the Chief of Police Fairfax County Police on May 3 following his appoint- Department on Monday, May 10, 2021. ment by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Friday, April 23. NAACP, ACLU People Power Fair- Fund for the police department The Only Suffragist As chief, Davis holds the top rank fax, the Activated People and coun- beginning July 1, 2021, and end- in the agency formed 80 years ago. ty ministers have protested Davis’s ing June 30, 2022: Compensa- Memorial in the Nation Headquartered in Fairfax, FCPD hiring because of his record that tion-$186,374,506; Operating Patricia Wirth, Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association employs 1,402 police officers and includes accusations of excessive Expenses- $34,770,258; Work Executive Director, and Paul Gilbert, Executive Director of 368 civilians covering a jurisdic- use of force and other concerns. Performed for Others-($697,406); NOVA Parks at the ribbon cutting for the Turning Point Suf- tion of 407 square miles. On May 4, 2021, the Board of Capital Outlay-$381,600- Total fragist Memorial in Lorton on May 16. See pages 8-9. Several groups and individu- Supervisors approved the follow- $220,828,958 according to Fairfax als, including the Fairfax County ing appropriations to the General County. McEnearney Associates has always had one motto in mind... not to be the biggest, but the best. For more than 40 years, our Associates have lived in and supported Alexandria, helping to build our town into the thriving community it is today. To learn more about our Associates and our firm, visitwww.WeAreAlexandria.com #WeAreAlexandria

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By Michael Lee Pope NFL player agent Xavier Warren GAZETTE PACKET and Del. Mark Levine (D-45). Levine is in the awkward position he way Democrats talk of trying to defend his House seat about Donald Trump, from a primary challenger while also competing statewide. you’d think he was on Photo by Michael Lee Pope/GAZETTE PACKET Tthe ballot in 2021. And “When a candidate runs for two in many ways, he is. offices at the same time, they’re The former president may be sending two messages,” said Ste- out of the White House and kicked phen Farnsworth, political science off of social media, but he’s still professor at the University of Mary eager to see himself as a king- Washington. “One, I want some- maker. Shortly after wealthy busi- thing better than what I have, and nessman Glenn Youngkin secured two, I’m not sure I’m going to be the Republican nomination in a able to get it.” multi-location convention, Trump endorsed Youngkin and reinserted VOTERS WILL ALSO be choosing himself in the conversation. Dem- between Del. Jason Miyares (R-82) ocrats did not miss a beat, launch- and the winner of the Democratic ing a tour of the commonwealth primary, which features incumbent they call the “Where Trump Leads, Attorney General Mark Herring Glenn Follows” Tour. and challenger Del. Jay Jones (D- “He is just like Donald Trump,” 89). Herring was first elected in said House Speaker Eileen Fill- 2013, and he’s seeking a third term House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn appears in Old Town Alexandria during a Northern Virginia stop on er-Corn this week when the tour in office. During his time in office, the ‘Where Trump Leads, Glenn Follows’ Tour. arrived in Old Town Alexandria. he’s created a new Office of Civil “He will stand for the same policies THE JOB OF lieutenant governor is Rights as well as a new conviction and same initiatives that Donald often overlooked, although it plays integrity unit and a new worker Trump has stood for.” a key role in breaking ties in the protection unit while also reorga- The contours of a fall campaign Senate. That responsibility is more nizing the consumer protection season are starting to come into fo- important now than it’s been in re- section. Jones has criticized Her- cus as Republicans and Democrats cent memory because Democrats ring for waiting until election sea- stake out positions on everything Republican Party of Virginia have such a thin majority and the son before making some of those from criminal-justice reform and body has a handful of conservative changes, and he attacked Herring abortion rights to voting access Democrats. Republicans have cho- for wearing blackface at a college and preventing gun violence. Re- sen firebrand conservative former party in the 1980s. publicans get a one-month head Del. Winsome Sears (R-90), who “I sat in the room two years ago start, giving them the ability to appears in campaign photos with with the Black Caucus when you move from a divisive convention an assault rifle to show her support disclosed that you wore blackface into a general election strategy for for gun rights. She pulled ahead of just days after you called on Gov- the fall campaign season. Demo- the pack of other candidates after ernor Northam to resign,” Jones crats, meanwhile, are still attack- Sen. Amanda Chase (R-11) and said during a televised debate. “I ing each other as the June 8 pri- former lieutenant governor candi- was there when you took that pa- mary approaches. per out of your jacket, smoothed The Republican stateside ticket, from left to right: Jason Miyares date E.W. Jackson endorsed her. As “We’re running in every corner it out on the table and read us a for attorney general, Glenn Youngkin for governor and Winsome an immigrant from Jamaica, she’s of the commonwealth, in more statement with no empathy, no Sears for lieutenant governor. made opposition to critical race seats than we’ve contested in a theory a cornerstone of her cam- compassion.” half century,” said House Republi- cent of the undecideds broke for the airwaves, thanks in part to paign. Herring hasn’t been shy about can Leader Todd Gilbert. “I’m more one candidate, McAuliffe would $600,000 from Clean Virginia “The Democrats, they’re not criticizing Jones either. During a confident than ever that voters will still be in the lead with $8.5 mil- Fund. And Carter has moved the helping us,” said Sears at a candi- televised debate earlier this month, return a Republican majority to the lion cash on hand. field of candidates to the left by dates forum. “They’re pitting the Herring brought up a bill Jones in- House of Delegates in November.” “This gubernatorial field is the talking about issues like using tax races against each other. You’ve troduced that could have created most diverse in the history of the revenue from marijuana sales to heard the constant Black, white. a loophole for predatory lenders. AT THE TOP of the ticket, voters commonwealth, and that has create a fund for reparations to ac- Now it’s Asian, they’re speaking The bill would have allowed for will be choosing between Youn- drawn a great deal of interest in the count for the slave trade. McClel- against Thomas Jefferson kids and loans of 36 percent plus a daily fee gkin and the nominee Democrats race,” said Rebecca Bromley-Tru- lan has repeatedly pointed out that their successes. They want quotas.” that could amount to 320 percent pick as their nominee for governor jillo, research director for the Judy she has more state government The Democratic primary for a year. Jones never withdrew the on June 8. Public polling and cam- Ford Wason Center at Christopher experience than anyone else in the lieutenant governor is the most bill, although it was left in commit- paign finance records show former Newport University. “So we’re see- race. wide open. Polling has Del. Sam tee. Jones ended up voting in favor Gov. Terry McAuliffe has a decisive ing that in the field but we’re not “Unlike past recessions, we can- Rasoul (D-11) slightly ahead, and of a different bill, one that Herring lead heading into the election in seeing that in the leaders in these not simply focus on luring other he’s raised more money than any made a rare personal appearance an extremely strong position. Oth- races, at least for governor and at- companies here to Virginia,” said of the other candidates. But Del. to support in committee. er candidates in the race for gover- torney general.” McClellan. “We have got to stabi- Hala Ayala (D-51) has the en- “When I was working to crack nor are Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, Sen. Despite the lopsided nature of lize and grow the small business- dorsement of Gov. Ralph Northam, down on dangerous predatory Jennifer McClellan (D-9), former the polling and the fundraising, the es, particularly our women and who is attempting to play the role lenders, Delegate Jones was actual- Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy (D-2) and primary has not lacked for drama. minority owned businesses, who of kingmaker on his way out the ly supporting the predatory lenders Del. Lee Carter (D-50). A Wason During a televised debate, Fairfax are struggling, and who want to door of the Executive Mansion. and authored a bill that would have Center poll last month showed said when he was accused of sexual provide the leave to their employ- The crowded field of candidates allowed them to charge 350 per- McAuliffe with 47 percent support assault, McAuliffe treated him like ees, sick leave, paid family medical also includes Norfolk City Council- cent interest,” said Herring. “These while all the other candidates were Emmet Till or George Floyd. leave, and they need our help to woman Andria McClellan, Fairfax are hard-working, struggling Vir- in single digits. Even if all 27 per- Carroll Foy has been all over do it.” NAACP president Sean Perryman, ginians just trying to get by.” www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Mount Vernon Gazette v May 20-26, 2021 v 3 News Penn Daw Apartments Rising from the Parking Lot The Belhaven by Fairfield finds a home close to traffic

on this busy Photos by Mike Salmon/Gazette part of Rich-

mond Highway. Looking west across Richmond Highway is the Krispy Kreme Do- By Mike Salmon nut Shop. Here, the Belhaven by Fairfield apartment community, is The Connection taking shape on the northbound side of Richmond Highway.

ust south of Fairview Ave- nue in Penn Daw, The Bel- haven by Fairfield apart- Jment community, is taking shape on the northbound side of A worker is lifted by crane on In 2022, many will call Here the Richmond Highway. This 349-unit the front side of The Belhaven, a Belhaven by Fairfield apartment apartment building is a pre-EM- new apartment community. community home. BARK structure that will provide housing for many in this busy area front, a 4.5-foot-wide landscape Transit station is planned close to of Mount Vernon. strip, a 6.5 ft wide bike lane and a The Belhaven, but Embark devel- The Fairfax County Board of six-foot-wide landscape strip. opment isn’t expected to start until Supervisors approved this proj- The Embark Richmond High- 2023. ect in July 2017, and on the ap- way Study was adopted by the In Storck’s newsletter, they de- proval form, it is referred to as a county on March 20, 2018 which scribe the new development with The front doors of the new building for the Bellhaven apartments “multi-family building,” that is is after The Belhaven project was Cafritz Interests and Novus Resi- are not far from Richmond Highway. scheduled to open in 2022. The approved, but according to Su- dences as one that “creates a unique apartment complex will have a pervisor Dan Storck’s office, this opportunity to enhance revitaliza- opening in summer 2022. Fairfax. It is a multi-building proj- 560-space parking garage, a pool, apartment structure fits well into tion on Richmond Highway, bring ect that includes a parking garage, a couple of courtyards and out the future plans for the corridor. development partners to our corri- Local Apartment Projects pool, pet area and landscaping. Ac- front, a “interim landscape area Embark Richmond Highway is dor, and create an economic invest- Fairfield has a few other -apart cording to the website, The Moxley until full build-out of Route One described as an initiative focused ment in our community.” Of the 349 ment structures in Alexandria is opening this year. occurs,” it said on the plans. It is on creating a multimodal future apartments, there are 42 workforce including The Bradley Braddock In February 2020, there was a typical of urban streetscapes and for Richmond Highway Corridor dwelling units, which are in the Road Station Apartments in Al- multi-alarm fire in an apartment what is envisioned with future Em- where residents, workers, and visi- “affordable,” category, according to exandria. These apartments are construction site across Richmond bark development and consistent tors can walk, bike, or drive to the Trey Kirby, Vice President of Devel- priced at $1,890 for a one bedroom Highway from The Belhaven. Now with the county’s Urban Design places they want to go. From the opment at Fairfield. The actual pric- and $2,670 for two bedrooms. the construction has resumed and Guidelines. Per the proffers with Belhaven, there are food places, es of the apartments has not been Another Fairfield property that’s that condominium and townhouse the apartment project, planned retail, parks and bike trails with- finalized, and they will look at the opening soon is Fairfield at Gate- facility is scheduled to open in the are a seven-foot-wide sidewalk up in walking distance. A Bus Rapid market rates when it gets closer to way (The Moxley) in the City of near future. Metrobus Route 11 Sees Changes in Mount Vernon A new schedule starting June 6 has the 11C partially replacing the 11Y.

By Mike Salmon non. Route 11C will serve all bus The Connection stops between the Braddock Road Metrorail Station and Mount Ver- us riders in Mount Vernon will non. Local fare will be required for see some changes on Sunday, this route. BJune 6, when the Washington According to WMATA, these Metropolitan Area Transit Author- changes are part of improvements ity shifts around buses and sched- to more than 60 Metrobus routes ules, which includes bus route 11 to provide more frequent, reliable which goes through Mount Vernon. service and restore routes. The 11C partially replaces the In April, Metrobus ridership on 11Y bus which will operate be- weekdays averaged about 180,000 tween Mount Vernon and the Brad- passenger trips each day, providing dock Road Metrorail Station during essential transportation for people morning and evening rush hours. to get around the region. Along Richmond Highway, the Metrobus 11Y will be Morning trips will operate The service changes will bring replaced in part by 11C. northbound from Mount Vernon Metrobus service to 85 percent of to the Braddock Road Metrorail pre-pandemic service levels with Photos Station and afternoon trips will more buses, more often to accom- There are other buses that go up contributed operate from the Braddock Road modate the growing return of bus and down Richmond Highway. Metrorail Station to Mount Ver- riders. 4 v Mount Vernon Gazette v May 20-26, 2021 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Area Roundups Rex Reiley RE/MAX Allegiance 703-768-7730 Treasury Launches State [email protected]

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Fairfax. It is a multi-building proj- ect that includes a parking garage, pool, pet area and landscaping. Ac- cording to the website, The Moxley is opening this year. In February 2020, there was a multi-alarm fire in an apartment construction site across Richmond Highway from The Belhaven. Now the construction has resumed and that condominium and townhouse facility is scheduled to open in the near future.

non. Route 11C will serve all bus stops between the Braddock Road Metrorail Station and Mount Ver- non. Local fare will be required for this route. According to WMATA, these changes are part of improvements to more than 60 Metrobus routes to provide more frequent, reliable service and restore routes. In April, Metrobus ridership on weekdays averaged about 180,000 passenger trips each day, providing essential transportation for people to get around the region. The service changes will bring Metrobus service to 85 percent of pre-pandemic service levels with more buses, more often to accom- modate the growing return of bus riders. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Mount Vernon Gazette v May 20-26, 2021 v 5 Opinion

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By Glenda C. Booth

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erstory” was made on May 16 when “ around 100 North- Hern Virginians ap- plauded the ribbon cutting offi- cially opening the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial in Lorton, a project 13 years in the making. “It’s a story that needed to be Visitors can learn the history of the suffrage movement at ten stations. told,” said Patricia Wirth, Executive Director of the nonprofit Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Associa- tion, “the only suffragist memori- Photo by Susan Laume al in the country to honor women who fought for the right to vote from 1848 to 1920. Most of the Photos by Glenda Booth women were unknown.” Today, less than eight percent of the na- tion’s outdoor statues honor wom- en. The $2.7 million outdoor, pla- za-style memorial commemorates Association members, NOVA Parks Board members, State legislators, and County Supervisor cut the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial rib- those who mobilized, marched, bon in front of the entrance replicating the White House gates where suffragists maintained their “silent sentinel.” picketed and lobbied for a U.S. Constitutional amendment grant- “The suffragists engineered the ing women the right to vote, a 72- Arriving visitors are greeted by a life-size statue of suffragist Alice year movement that succeeded in Paul, co-founder of the National Woman’s Party. greatest expansion of democracy 1920. Virginia provided $275,000 to- at Lorton. Superintendent Ray- ward the memorial, Virginia Dele- mond Whittaker and his guards Verbatim on a single day the world had ever The 19th Amendment: “The right gate Kathy Tran told the attendees. crammed them into cells with of citizens of the United States to seen, and yet … the leaders built “The memorial is a reminder that prostitutes, thieves and drunks and vote shall not be denied or abridged

Photos by Glenda Booth our rights do not come without fed them mostly hard bread and by the United States or by any State no monuments to themselves, and struggle and sacrifice. The strug- maggot-laden soup. One suffrag- on account of sex.” gle for voting rights is not a relic ist, Ada Kendall later wrote about too many of their names have been of the past. Our work is not done,” the workhouse: “It was a place of ferred the women to the Washing- she said. chicanery, sinister horror, brutality ton, D. C., jail, eventually released Quinn Jones of Arlington represented Julieanne Smith of Woodbridge represented lost to history.” Mount Vernon Supervisor Dan and dread.” them and commuted their sentenc- suffragist Alice Paul. suffragist Rose Winslow. –Eleanor Clift, columnist and author of Storck, described the memorial as The night of Nov. 15, 1917 at es. Founding Sisters and the Nineteenth Amendment “an example of persistence” and the workhouse became known as When asked about the Consti- “The memorial is a reminder that our More: noted that Fairfax County donated the “Night of Terror.” Vowing to tutional amendment, President The Turning Point Suffragist Me- $1 million in cash and in kind. stop the picketing, Superintendent Wilson dawdled and dodged. The rights do not come without struggle morial Association, www.suffragist- Patricia Wirth, TPMSA Executive Director, and Paul Gilbert, Raymond Whittaker denied the suffragists chided his hypocrisy memorial.org, 9751 Ox Road, Lor- Executive Director NOVA Parks. Why in Lorton? women food and water and guards in fighting for freedom abroad in and sacrifice. The struggle for voting ton. Free, open daily, dawn to dusk. Gruesome Details manacled Lucy Burns by chaining World War I while denying it at Lucy Burns Museum, Workhouse Arts Center, exhibits on the suffrage In the early 20th century, over her wrists over her head to her cell home. Finally, on Jan. 9, 1918, he rights is not a relic of the past. movement, https://www.workhou- 1,000 suffragists, dubbed the “Si- door all night. When asked to pay relented, giving tepid support as searts.org/lucyburnsmuseum/ lent Sentinels,” wordlessly, peace- a $25 fine, Burns replied, “Not a a “necessary war measure.” The Our work is not done.” Occoquan Regional Park, https:// fully picketed President Woodrow dollar of your fine shall we pay. To women’s imprisonment and Wil- —Del. Kathy Tran www.novaparks.com/parks/occo- Wilson on the White House side- pay a fine would be an admission son’s reluctant endorsement were quan-regional-park walk wearing purple, gold and of guilt. We are innocent!” seen by many as a turning point in white sashes and carrying banners The “miscreants” demanded to the suffrage movement, hence the how a small local group started by Parks, the agency that provided NOVA Parks. Executive Director with messages like “Mr. President, be recognized as political prison- memorial’s name. planning a wall with plaques dis- the land. Contributors include the Paul Gilbert sees it as part of NOVA how long must women wait for lib- ers. When 16 women went on a playing suffragists’ names, to be League of Women Voters, Domin- Parks’ efforts to “highlight the less- erty?” The Suffragist newspaper re- hunger strike, jailers force fed them A Forgotten Story called the Turning Point Plaza, but ion Energy, AARP and Procter & er known stories.” He said that the ported that the demonstration was an egg mixture through a tube in After the amendment became they soon decided that a wall was Gamble. Many donors’ names are suffragists’ imprisonment “is a dra- “the first time in history the Presi- their nostrils so they would not be- law, no one rushed to build a mon- not enough. She credited many listed on a wall. matic story and the turning point. dent of the United States is being come symbols and die as martyrs. ument. Historian Edith Mayo calls women volunteers and “a few great It’s important for people to un- picketed.” Burns wrote on a smuggled out the suffrage saga as the “best kept men who never gave up.” The Memorial derstand how our democracy has On Nov. 10, 1917, police arrest- note that the force-feeding brought secret in American history.” At the The Turning Point Suffragist Me- The memorial, designed by Rob- grown over time and right here in ed 27 women picketers for “ob- on nausea, violent vomiting and a Sunday dedication, Turning Point morial Association raised over $2.7 ert Beach of Robert E. Beach Archi- Northern Virginia, the events that Dr. Thelma Daley with statue of Mary Church Terrell, structing traffic” and hauled them nosebleed. Suffragist Memorial Association million in cash and in-kind dona- tects, is in the 350-acre Occoquan Statue of suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt in the rotunda. a suffragist and co-founder of the NAACP. off to the Occoquan Workhouse On Nov. 23, 1917, officials trans- co-founder Jane Barker recalled tions, in partnership with NOVA Regional Park, and managed by See New Memorial, Page 10 8 v Mount Vernon Gazette v May 20-26, 2021 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Mount Vernon Gazette v May 20-26, 2021 v 9 News New Memorial Tells a Story Largely Untold

From Page 9 represents connecting the two centuries in led to women’s suffrage.” which the suffrage movement took place. Visitors enter the memorial through repli- Advocates envision the Turning Point Suf- ca White House gates where the Silent Senti- fragist Memorial as part of a Constitution nels staged their pickets. The memorial also Trail, joining several Virginia historic sites: has a 24-foot section of the actual White Mount Vernon, home of American Revolu- House fence where the 1917 suffragists pro- tionary War general, George Washington tested, thanks to negotiations by the Wom- (and Martha); Gunston Hall, home of the en’s Suffrage Centennial Commission. A Virginia Declaration of Rights author George commemorative wall lists by state the wom- Mason (and Sarah); Montpelier, home of en who were jailed. James Madison, an author of the Constitu- The plaza features bronze, life-size stat- tion (and Dolley); and several Civil War bat- ues of three key leaders: Alice Paul, Mary tlefields where the goal of a “united states” Church Terrell, and Carrie Chapman Catt. was battled. Nineteen stations detail the movement’s his- In a video played Sunday, House of Repre- tory, including court cases that denied wom- Photo by Glenda Booth sentatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi challenged, en’s rights, multiple bills in Congress and “We must remember the shoulders we stand state ratification campaigns. on.” Supporters see the memorial as a bright One panel recounts the 1913 grand pa- new spotlight on a long-ignored chapter of rade and pageantry on Pennsylvania Avenue U.S. history and the determined women for when thousands of women, ten bands, 26 whom, as suffragist Susan B. Anthony said, floats, six golden chariots and a handful of “Failure is impossible.” elected officials marched, led by Inez Mil- At the dedication, Dr. Thelma Daley, Past holland dressed in a white Cossack suit and President of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorori- white kid boots astride a large white horse, ty, established at Howard University, lauded The Turning Point Suffragist Memorial before the ribbon cutting. invoking Joan of Arc. the suffragists as “women who were feisty Another panel recounts that after multiple and socially aware.” Her sorority marched in fits and starts, the U.S. House of -Represen cation. The 19th amendment to the U.S. Con- Virginia did not ratify the amendment un- the 1913 parade. “Today is a glorious day tatives passed the Susan B. Anthony amend- stitution became law in 1920 when the Ten- til 1952. in the history of women,” she extolled, “and ment on May 21, 1919, and the Senate, on nessee legislature, by a slim margin, approved The memorial also has a meditation gar- a super, super glorious day in the history of June 4, 1919, sending it to the states for ratifi- it, becoming the required 36th state to ratify. den, a rotunda and an arroyo bridge that America.”

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From Page 5 16 and older, and the Moderna and and branches that droop and turn Hall Regional Library, 2501 Sher- Department of Health. More in- The first 15,000 to register Johnson & Johnson vaccines are brown as their circulation is cut off wood Hall Lane. All of the items formation about vaccine rollout and attend one of the pit currently only available for ages 18 by the implanted eggs. sold at the market are grown or in Fairfax can be found at www. stops will receive a free Bike and older. The Centers for Disease For most trees, this damage will be produced by the vendors and come fairfaxcounty.gov/covid19. to Work Day T-shirt. Pit Stop Control and Prevention approved unsightly but superficial. The trees from within a radius of 125 miles. As more vaccine becomes avail- information is available at use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will shed their damaged portions Supplemental Nutrition Assistance able, there will be more options www.biketoworkmetrodc.org. for ages 12-15 by accepting the and continue growing. Some trees, Program (SNAP) EBT cards can where to access it. In the Visit the website: http:/www. recommendation of its Advisory particularly young, newly estab- be used. As a bonus, the market future, you will likely be able to biketoworkmetrodc.org/ Committee on Immunization lished trees, may succumb to their will match up to $20 per market access vaccine via your doctor, Practices, which met earlier in the injuries. visit in SNAP dollars for fruits and a health clinic or pharmacy. SATURDAY/MAY 22 day to review safety data for the The City is taking the following steps vegetables. It takes two doses. Follow the AlexRenew Public Hearing. 9:30 vaccine in this age group. in response to the cicada emer- This year’s vendors are: directions of your vaccine pro- a.m. Virtual via Zoom. AlexRe- Pfizer Vaccine (First Dose, Ages 12+) gence: Arnest Seafood – crab cakes, scallops, vider to schedule your second new is proposing to implement Saturday, May 22 Delay spring tree plantings to be plant- shrimp, rockfish, oysters and more dose. a sewer rate adjustment over Hours: 1-3:30 p.m. ed alongside fall trees to avoid Grace’s Pastries - cakes, pastries and One caregiver can attend a vaccine the next two years to help Provider: Alexandria Health Depart- cicada damage. breads, with a Caribbean touch appointment with their loved fund its mandated RiverRenew ment Water recently planted trees to im- Great Harvest Bread - breads and one. Program. Advance registration Location: George Washington Middle prove their health and ability to pastries Vaccine-eligible people can register is required. Register to attend School, 1005 Mount Vernon Ave., cope with cicada damage. Honey Brook Farms - meats and veg- for appointments online or at: Alexandria, VA 22301 The City will not: etables raised with no chemicals, over the phone (no need to do https://zoom.us/webinar/regis- Schedule Now -- By Appointment Only Apply pesticides to deter cicadas as gluten-free baked goods both). ter/WN_CJ0e7HIjQFOkP5Y- Pfizer Vaccine (First Dose, Ages 12+) they are not considered effective. House of Empanadas –variety of Online: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ tAYWMSA Saturday, June 5 Install netting to protect trees. While empanadas covid19. Click on “Vaccination” Hours: 1-3:30 p.m. effective, netting is not economical King Mushrooms –variety of locally at the top of the page and you TUESDAY/JUNE 15 Provider: Alexandria Health Depart- at the municipal scale. Individ- grown mushrooms will see registration informa- MV Genealogical Society Meeting. ment ual property owners should still Locust Grove Farm - vegetables and tion. After your registration 1-3 p.m. Via Zoom. Legal Location: Francis Hammond Middle consider netting as a potential pro- herbs is accepted, a scheduling link Scholar Natalie Ram will School, 4646 Seminary Rd, Alexan- tective measure for small or newly Misty Meadow Farm Creamery - milk, will be sent to you as vaccine discuss the legal landscape of dria, VA 22304 established trees. ice cream, cheese and eggs becomes available. consumer genetic data during Schedule Now -- Appointments and No. 1 Sons– pickles, kimchi, sauer- Call: 703-324-7404 to register for a the June 15 meeting of the Walk-ins Accepted ONGOING kraut and kombucha teas vaccine via phone. Mount Vernon Genealogical Local, farm-fresh produce – including Ochoa Produce - vegetables, herbs and Vaccine Appointment Tips Society. 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Bob & Edith’s Family-Run Diner to Open in Old Town, Their 6th Location

ob & Edith’s Diner today and Edith’s vision to four addition- announced the coming of al locations offering quality food at a sixth location of the fami- reasonable prices. Photo via Facebook B ly-run diner in Old Town Alexan- “My dad became an integral part dria. of the Arlington community when The new 24/7 restaurant will he opened our original location, open at 1743 King Street in the and my family has continued that heart of Old Town Alexandria, just tradition as we’ve continued to minutes from Alexandria Union expand the Bob & Edith’s Diner Station and the King Street Metro brand,” said Greg Bolton, owner of station, this fall. It’s the former site Bob & Edith’s Diner. of Ernie’s Original Crab House. The new location will serve all- The family-run business has been day breakfast options, as well as Old Ice House Gets New Life With around since 1969, when husband a lunch and dinner menu of sand- and wife Robert (Bob) and Edith wiches, salads and hearty meals. Bolton purchased “Gray’s Donut The new location will offer freshly Goodies Frozen Custard and Treats Dinette” and changed the name to baked pies and hand spun milk- Bob & Edith’s before opening their shakes. By Hope Nelson tar location isn’t the start of its hear the Motown sounds and doors in Arlington, Virginia. Today Current locations include Arling- Gazette Packet origin story. Far from it. No, the Chuck Berry,” he said. “I real- Bob & Edith’s son, Greg Bolton, ton, Huntington, Crystal City, Alex- custard purveyor actually began ly wanted to replicate the truck owns and operates the business andria, and Springfield, Virginia. ummertime is about to its journey nearly a decade ago in experience with the brick-and- along with his two children Tam- Web, BobandEdithsDiner.com In- get a lot sweeter. Good- 2012 with a vintage International mortar [shop].” my Bolton and Chris Bolton; to- stagram @Bob_Ediths_Diner or ies Frozen Custard and Harvester truck named Gigi. 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Alongside the shaped the society we live in today. through intimate study in the Cost is $8. Call 703-768-2525. galleries. This exhibit presents the ies owner Brandon Byrd pur- But will Gigi play second fiddle vanilla custard, customers will work of members of this program chased the property in 2019 now that the Commerce Street lo- find peanut butter, banana pud- THURSDAY/MAY 20 alongside a color photo of the and, amid a global pandemic, cation is opening up? Not a chance, ding and strawberry shakes, as Meditations and Fantasies. 5:30 p.m. original and an artist’s statement transformed the ice house into he says. well as root beer floats. and 7 p.m. At The Secret Garden explaining why the work was cho- an icy custard house, month by “That’s my No. 1 girl! She’s not So get ready for Memorial of the Rectory, 711 Princess Street, sen and what was learned through Alexandria. Concertmaster of the copying. Visit the website: www. painstaking month. going anywhere,” he laughed. Day weekend. Life is about to Philadelphia Orchestra since 1999, nvfaa.org The final result, Byrd says, is Byrd aims for the ice house lo- get sweeter. David Kim comes to the Secret Gar- worth it. cation to be up and running by https://www.facebook.com/ den for a brilliant program demon- SATURDAY/MAY 22 “To be honest, my vision for Memorial Day. Partly due to space mmmgoodies/ strating the range of his artistry, Jane Franklin Dance Presents Live the ice house was a communal constraints and partly due to the from the personal to the virtuosic. from a Parking Lot, It’s JFD! Hope Nelson is the author of Highlights include Jules Massenet’s 7:30 p.m. Virtual presentation space” that was very inviting to old-fashioned custard-stand feel “Meditation” from Thais and Pablo “Classic Restaurants of Alexan- from 3700 S Four Mile Run Dr., guests, Byrd said. “When peo- of the business, the shop will be de Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy, dria” and owns the Kitchen Re- Arlington. Featuring: Jane Franklin ple see [the shop] it’s going to a walk-up experience that, Byrd alongside lesser known works such Dance, Forty+ Project and Poetry cessionista blog, located at www. make them say wow, this is re- hopes, will make customers feel as Maria Theresia von Paradis’s by Christopher Thomas. Tickets: kitchenrecessionista.com. Email Sicilienne and Igor Stravinsky’s ally a trip down Memory Lane.” welcome from the first moment. $10 Admission with additional do- her any time at Suite Italienne – in honor of the nations encouraged. Visit https:// But Goodies’ brick-and-mor- “You walk up, you’ll definitely [email protected]. 50th anniversary of the composer’s www.janefranklin.com/parking- death. Visit the website: https:// lot-live 12 v Mount Vernon Gazette v May 20-26, 2021 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Classified WWW.CONNECTIONNEWSPAPERS.COM To Advertise in This Paper, Call by Monday 11:00 am 703-778-9411

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Daniel G. Knauss, 91, of Alexandria, Virginia died on December 29, 2020 at the INOVA Mount Vernon Hospital. Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on September 24, 1929, he was the son of Frederick G. Knauss and Eleanor V. (Kohl) Knauss. He was the husband of Louise Pomerleau Knauss, who passed away in April 2020. Seeking kind, caring, and friendly Home Helper Companions to join the Home Instead Family: Daniel is survived by son Frederick E. Knauss and wife Betty of Catasauqua, PA and grandchildren Mitchell and Amanda, and • $250 sign-on bonus son William B. Eddy and wife Lati, of Fort Meade, MD, and grand- • Training provided children Nicholas W. Eddy of Burlington, VT, and Neil B. Eddy of Sandwich, MA, and • Flexible schedules great-grandson Jared. Also survived by sister Dolly Beck, of Allentown, PA. A compassionate heart is the only experience needed He was predeceased by his parents, his wife Louise, son Daniel G. Knauss, and Interested in learning more? Contact Amy at 703/750-6644. brothers Frederick G. Knauss and William E. Knauss. Dan was a Chief Warrant Officer 4 in the Army Special Forces, Army Security Agency (ASA), retiring in November 1984 after 32 years of active duty. Daniel then went to work for RCA in Camden, New Jersey for 5 years before officially retiring. Prior to being in the Army, Daniel worked for ESSO (Exxon) Oil Company where he was a fireman’s assistant in the engine room aboard the tanker North Dakota. After serving three years on the tanker, he joined the Army, enlisting in the Army Special Forces Airborne Ranger Program. Dan’s military career took him to many locations across the globe including Ft. Campbell, KY, Ft. Shafter, HI, Ft. Gulick, Panama Canal Zone, Thailand, Vietnam, NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, and Ft. Bragg, NC. He lived in the Pocono Region in Pennsylvania where you could find Dan sailing on the lake, finally settling in Alexandria, Virginia. Dan loved listening to country music, enjoyed sailing, water skiing and fixing electri- cal problems. He enjoyed reminiscing about his military days and stayed in contact with many military friends. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Wounded Warriors Project, Alexandria Virginia at: https://fortbelvoircatholiccommunity.com/wounded-warrior A mass of Christian burial will be held on Tuesday May 25 at 3:00PM at Arlington National Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to the Everly Funeral Home, 6161 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA.

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NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY Be a part of our: FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND DRAFT FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR THE PROPOSED RESTORATION OF INDUSTRIAL Wellbeing pages, the first STORMWATER OUTFALL #0015 week of every month. FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA The U.S. Army Garrison Fort Belvoir hereby gives Notice of the Availability (NOA) Delight in our HomeLifeStyle for the Environmental Assessment (EA) and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FNSI) for the proposed restoration of industrial stormwater outfall #0015 (Outfall sections, the second week 0015), at the Fort Belvoir Main Post in Fairfax County, Virginia. Outfall 0015 is locat- ed at the head of a ravine in the southeast portion of the Fort Belvoir and discharges of every month. Peek at the stormwater runoff from an approximately 70-acre watershed (part of the Accotink top real estate sales, glimpse watershed) into an unnamed ravine west of Theote Road. Outfall 0015 has fall- en into disrepair, allowing stormwater to discharge at high volumes and erode the over-the-top remodeling downstream channel that ultimately leads to Accotink Bay. The Proposed Action would allow Fort Belvoir to repair, restore, and upgrade Outfall 0015 and the down- projects, get practical stream channel using several engineering controls. The Proposed Action would suggestions for your home. comply with Virginia Department of Environmental Quality requirements to meet stormwater quality objectives.

Celebrate students, camps, The EA has been prepared in accordance with the regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), (Pub- schools, enrichment lic Law 91-190, 42 USC 4321-4347 January 1, 1970), amendments, regulations implementing the procedural provisions of the NEPA, 40 Code of Federal Regu- programs, colleges and lations (CFR) 1500-1508, and the Army’s Implementing Regulations (32 CFR Part more in our A-plus: 651, Environmental Analysis of Army Actions). Based on the analysis provided in the EA, no significant adverse direct, indirect or cumulative effects on the quality Education, Learning, of the human or natural environment are expected. Therefore, at the conclusion of the public comment period, it is anticipated that a FNSI would be appropriate and Fun pages, the third week would be signed for the proposed restoration of industrial stormwater outfall 0015. of every month. The EA and Draft FNSI are available to view/download electronically at https://home.army.mil/belvoir/index.php/about/Garrison/directorate-public-works/ Senior Living, fourth week environmental-division (click the “Programs and Documents” tab, then “National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Program”; information about this EA and links to of every month. download the various documents are provided under the “Open for Public/Agency Review & Comment” heading); or view in printed form at the Lorton Branch, Kings- towne Branch, and Sherwood Regional Branch of the Fairfax County Public Library Questions? system.

E-mail sales@connection Comments or questions on the EA and Draft FNSI may be directed in writing to: Ms. Wilamena Harback, Chief, Environmental Division, Directorate of Public Works, newspapers.com or Building 1442, 9430 Jackson Loop, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060, or by email to: call 703-778-9431 [email protected]. Comments must be received no later than 30 days after publication of this NOA.

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All your By Marilyn Campbell hopes, dreams and presumptions about your The Connection life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are back-burnered by your life-changing diagnosis. A diagnosis which will require some kind of ducational videos and on- treatment, side effects notwithstanding, which line trivia questions, or- will likely dampen your enthusiasm for living ganized by the school’s and affect all your decisions. Figuratively speak- Asian-Pacific Islander ing, there’s a new sheriff in town and if you’re E Heritage Committee, are giving not compliant and attentive to your doctor’s or- ders, you’ll become a prisoner to your disease. LANDSCAPING LANDSCAPING Montgomery College students an Even if you are compliant, a cancer diagno- opportunity for reflection, while sis, however curable, is the kind of news that food, music and film offer stu- sticks with you no matter how long into your dents at Marymount University in remission you are or how encouraging your Arlington a glimpse of a different diagnostic scans appear to be. Since I’ve not culture. These experiences are in experienced being cancer free - after having Marymount University’s first Cultural Graduation received an initial diagnosis/prognosis, I can’t observance of Asian/Pacific Island- Reception acknowledges the accomplishments of imagine the relief and rebirth one might feel Summer Cleanup... er American Heritage Month, cele- first-generation college graduates from underrepre- after learning their cancer has been beaten brated each May. sented groups in an intimate and inclusive environ- into submission. It’s really too much to even “It’s a time to reflect and cele- ment. Graduate Anna Moon, center, receives her Cul- contemplate when you’ve been given a sort of brate the contributions of the Asian death sentence. Practically speaking, how does tural Graduation certificate alongside Dean Brooke Pacific American community who one go from being constantly under threat of a Berry, right, and Associate Director Tait Brooks. worsening outcome to one which is completely shaped and influ- free from the emotional and physical tentacles enced the history of a cancer diagnosis? and culture of the “Educate on Asian You can’t really unwring the bill, to coin a United States,” phrase. Moreover, hearing “You have cancer” said Tait Brooks, American history and sticks with you like Gorilla Glue. It’s hard to even imagine ever hearing anything worse. Associate Director Then one day, hearing your oncologist say “no of Diversity, Eq- experience and show sign of cancer” to you. To quote my late mother: uity & Inclusion “It’s too much for anybody’s nerves.” And it’s Landscape Drainage Landscape Drainage and Deputy Title support to the Asian almost too much to ever consider. Your reality is IX Coordinator at that you have a very serious medical condition/ Marymount Uni- American community disease, and once again, to quote my late moth- er” “No one gets out of this life alive.” Thinking, versity. even contemplating a miracle cure is a tease The importance Dae Young Kim by standing against most unhelpful, to invoke the syntax of Hercule of this year’s ob- Poirot. Somehow one must learn to live with servances, in emphasized by growing ev- racism.” their disease or else you’ll die having been un- idence of discrimination and hate crimes — Dae Young Kim, Ph.D., able to lock it away in your vault, so to speak. targeting Asian Americans. Educators are Somehow having cancer can’t be the predomi- George Mason University nant consideration in your life. Yet, when every using the month to address and work toward waking moment is nearly consumed by your solutions to some of these current issues. recent months.” less-than-ideal circumstances, it’s an emotional “The recent violent actions are steeped in For some in the Asian-American and Pa- battle, most royal. If you win your share of skir- xenophobia. Education and learning their cific Islander community, celebrations this mishes, you’ll likely be rewarded with more life history and its significance to American year’s observances are accompanied with to live. However, nothing is guaranteed, except history is the solution,” said Brooks. “Once fear. you know what: death and taxes.” “Any way you slice it, it’s still ham,” as my we know more Asian history, we will under- “It is clear that many Asian Americans are father used to say. Meaning that cancer is a stand their plight.” feeling that they are not immune to acts of vi- serious business and no amount of joking or “Schools and universities can pursue olence and bias and social media is helping to obfuscation is going to change that fact. Nev- inclusive curriculum that fully integrates increase awareness of such incidents, which ertheless, if one doesn’t try and gives in to the the experiences and contributions of Asian is prompting more conversation and action,” disease psychologically, the internal damage Americans,” added Dae Young Kim, Ph.D., said Kim. “We are feeling fearful of violence may be compounded. Not that I’ve denied my diagnosis or ever taken it lightly, but I have tried associate professor of Sociology and An- directed against us. This is what makes this to embrace it and become friends with it; not thropology at George Mason University. His month different from previous years.” wanting to be controlled by it anymore than I message: “Educate on Asian American his- In recent weeks, Kim has engaged in dia- already am. Given that I’ll likely never be free tory and experience and show support to logue and outreach aimed at helping others of my cancer, either I learn to live with it or die the Asian American community by standing understand the experience of Asian Ameri- trying. And I’d rather go down fighting than go down quietly. My situation has not changed or against racism.” cans now. “I’ve participated in a roundta- gotten worse. Still my disease is a major part of For Kim O’Connell, author of “Echoes of ble conversation with Governor [Ralph] me and integrating into my program is the best Little Saigon,” a booklet on the Vietnamese Northam and Asian American community way I know to try and make a molehill out of immigration to Arlington, May is a month- leaders about hate crimes against Asian a mountain. I have been there and have done long opportunity to use education as a ve- Americans,” he said. “I was on a panel or- that. Hopefully, I’m not done being there. hicle for reconciling some of the wounds in- ganized by Inova … to talk about the Asian curred through recent racial turmoil. American experience.” “I hope that people will realize that Asian “Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Americans are as diverse as any other group,” have contributed to American culture, soci- Kenny Lourie is an Advertising Representative for she said. “They can’t be characterized in one ety and history in immeasurable ways and The Potomac Almanac & The Connection Newspapers. simple way and they definitely should not I encourage everyone to learn more about be subject to the racism that we’ve seen in these contributions,” said O’Connell. 14 v Mount Vernon Gazette v May 20-26, 2021 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Celebrating Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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