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Architect Greg Lukmire with a map of the proposed site plan. The site layout of the new water-maintenance facility in Chantilly. New Water Facility Planned for Chantilly

should take until summer 2020. And, added It’s slated to be built Lukmire, “We hope to start construction in 2021 and be completed in 2022. Construc- on Willard Road. tion cost is an estimated $32 million to $35 By Bonnie Hobbs million.” “To me, you need to add more The Connection trees,” said Terpak-Malm. “We’re having problems with erosion, and this runoff goes airfax Water wants to build a new, into Cub Run – which goes into the water-maintenance facility at Occoquan – which is our drinking-water F14925 Willard Road in Chantilly. supply.” But Gleason said they believe the It would replace the existing one pond will be adequate to deal with it. in the Sullyfield Business Park. On Sept. 18, the Fairfax County Planning PANEL MEMBER Jay Johnston also sug- Commission approved the proposed gested making the 65-space parking area a facility’s compatibility with its new location pervious surface, instead of impervious. and with the county’s Comprehensive Plan. “We’re committed to making this a LEED or It also recommended approval of the re- equivalent project, so that’s one of our op- quired, special-exception permit when the tions,” replied Lukmire. “We’re also discuss- matter goes to the Board of Supervisors on ing having charging stations for electric Oct. 15. vehicles.” First, though, the issue went before a joint Terpak-Malm asked what their peak vehicle meeting of the Sully District Council and times are, and Lukmire said workdays there West Fairfax County Citizens Assn. A detailed look at the water facility’s site plan. would be from 6 a.m.-3 p.m., but there (WFCCA) Land-Use Committee. There, de- would be vehicle trips throughout the day. tails about the proposal were revealed. about 60 feet of grade change on the site.” ing metal fence at the entrance on Willard. Terpak-Malm then cautioned the propo- “This facility will be for maintenance of The proposal shows 30 percent – 3.8 acres And there’s a 50-foot, undisturbed area and nents to “just be aware of the [nearby our water-distribution network in western – of open space, which is twice what’s re- a buffer between us and the church. Regard- Westfield] high-school schedule.” Fairfax County, and we’ve been working on quired. And the building would be nearly ing stormwater management, there’s an At-Large Planning Commissioner Jim Hart this plan with county staff,” said 70,000 square feet, with 65 spaces in front existing dry pond – and this, and other uses asked if they needed to put something un- for staff parking, plus some visitor parking in that area, drain into it.” derneath the piles of materials so wouldn’t TRACY GOLDBERG with Fairfax Water. for contractors. There would also be park- Architect Greg Lukmire said the ware- leech into the water system. Gleason replied “In 2015, we began looking at our water- ing for fleet vehicles – some of which would house portion of the one-story building that “The water will be conveyed into a pipe distribution needs, shortly after we acquired be under a canopy. would be some 35,000 square feet. The rest and into a special, hydrodynamic separa- the City of Fairfax water system.” The building would be multipurpose, with of the space would be used for vehicle main- tor that removes some of the pollutants She said Fairfax Water acquired the pro- a warehouse and loading dock, administra- tenance, shop storage and incidentals. before they reach the pond.” posed Chantilly site in 2017. “The facility tive offices and a vehicle-repair/mainte- “The building would be in the middle of Panel member Jeff Parnes asked if slow- will have six vehicle-maintenance bays and nance area. Storage of materials such as the site and is designed to be upscale and moving traffic making a right turn from outdoor pipe storage,” said Goldberg. sand, salt, mulch and gravel would be out- blend in with its surroundings,” he said. “It Stonecroft Boulevard onto Willard would “We’ve reached out to all the adjacent prop- doors, as would be a fuel island and vehicle- will be brick, with metal roofing, and land- have an adverse effect on traffic. Lukmire erty owners and have heard no concerns washing area. scaping in the front. And from the road and replied that county staff hasn’t asked for a from them.” Steve Gleason, a planner with “There’s a sidewalk on one side and an 8- shared-use path, it would be set back and turning lane there, but that, ultimately, that Gordon & Associates engineering firm, said foot trail on the side closest to the Church look like a brick building, so we think it’ll decision is up to VDOT. it’s a 10.8-acre, wooded site zoned for in- of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” said fit in quite well with the area.” Parnes then told the applicants that the dustrial use. “Access and frontage are on Gleason. “The sidewalk would become a 10- WFCCA’S Chris Terpak-Malm asked if the land-use committees had no objections or Willard Road, near the Bowl America site,” foot-wide, asphalt, shared-use trail. There’ll facility would be constructed in phases, but concerns about the project. But, he added, he said. “There are three existing entrances, be a secure, perimeter fence around the Lukmire said they’d prefer to do it all at “If county staff does, then we’ll ask you to but we’ll just use two of them. There’s also entire site, but a more aesthetically pleas- once. Gleason said the site-plan process come back again to address them.” 2 ❖ Chantilly Connection ❖ October 2-8, 2019 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com News

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Laying a wreath at the generals’ markers are (from left) Dawn Roddy The Ancient Order of Hibernians Color Guard. and Mary Concannon. ‘We Have Much to Learn from History’ Remembrance ceremony at Ox Hill Battlefield Park. By Bonnie Hobbs Centre View

he Battle of Ox Hill/Chantilly, on Sept. 1, 1862, was the only ma- Tjor Civil War battle fought in Fairfax County. It happened dur- ing a torrential rainstorm and, by the end, it took the lives of two, key Union generals and killed or wounded more than 1,500 sol- diers. Years later, the county preserved almost 5 acres of the 500-acre battlefield, creating Greg Wilson Keynote speaker Ed Wenzel Blake Myers Ox Hill Battlefield Park at the corner of West Ox Road and Monument Drive in Fair Lakes. THE FIGHTING was triggered by Confed- north and crossed the Potomac River into And on Sept. 1, area residents and histori- erate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s attempt to out- Maryland. ans gathered there to commemorate the flank the retreating . “Both Con- “From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, historic battle on its 157th anniversary. federate and Union forces were moving east a different war was waged to save and pre- “We ask Your blessing upon those who fell to Jermantown, just west of the Fairfax serve this land,” said Myers. “This park for- here,” said the Rev. Robert Ruskamp dur- Courthouse,” said Blake Myers, with the mally opened, Sept. 1, 2008, and its pres- ing his invocation. “And let us continue the Bull Run Civil War Round Table. “The race ervation was the impetus for the preserva- fight for freedom for all Americans.” was on to determine which force would first tion of other Civil War battlefields.” The ceremony also included a description reach and gain control of the ridgeline at Greg Wilson, with the Fairfax County His- of the battle, the laying of a wreath at the Ox Hill and the key crossroads at tory Commission, noted that his great-great- Ox Hill monuments, presentation of the Jermantown.” grandfather, Jonathan Roberts, was a scout Colors, and Fairfax High band member En route, he said, “Union divisions com- for the Union Army and Fairfax County’s Siobhan Murray playing “Taps” on the manded by Brigadier General sheriff when the battle was fought. Roberts bugle. The event sponsors were the Ancient and Major General clashed also met Kearny a year before his death Order of Hibernians (Father William Corby with ’s Confederate forces here. “We have much to learn from our com- Division), the Bull Run Civil War Round near Ox Hill. Some said the lightning flashes mon history – especially the local, regional Table (BRCWRT) and the Fairfax Station and continuous thunder drowned out the and national conflicts that eventually Railroad Museum. sounds of the battle.” erupted into the ,” said The battle took place on farmland and in Dry ammunition became soaked, and the Wilson. “In his message to Congress, Dec. woods on both sides of what’s now West soldiers eventually had to use their bayo- 1, 1862 – exactly three months after the Ox Road between Route 50 and Fair Lakes nets and musket clubs. The conflict lasted battle here – President Lincoln reminded us, Parkway, and between Fair Oaks Mall and some two hours, ending as a stalemate, but ‘We cannot escape history. The fiery trial the . It’s sometimes both Stevens and Kearny were killed. through which we pass will light us, in called the because the Ox Hill marked the end of the Second honor or dishonor, down to the latest gen- Northern army named battles after the near- . Afterward, the Union eration.’” est towns and the Southern army named Army retreated to fortifications around Playing “Taps” is Fairfax High’s Wilson also said a Battle of Ox Hill/ them after prominent, geographic points. Washington, while the Confederates headed Siobhan Murray. See History, Page 8 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Chantilly Connection ❖ October 2-8, 2019 ❖ 3 Letters Chantilly No More Stonewalling on Gun Safety Legislation www.ConnectionNewspapers.com An independent, locally owned weekly newspaper delivered To the Editor: And we have seen how Republi- are willing to pass gun safety leg- show loophole, banning bump to homes and businesses. We have seen too many mass- cans in Virginia continue to stone- islation supported by the majority stocks and semi-automatic fire- Published by shootings in America. Statistics wall gun safety issues, most re- of its citizens. Del. Kathleen arms with high capacity maga- Local Media Connection LLC show that compared to other high- cently when the Republican ma- Murphy (D-34) has a track record zines. Her opponent in this year’s 1606 King Street income nations, the ’ jority voted as a block to adjourn of working on such legislation and election is currently silent on gun Alexandria, Virginia 22314 gun-related murder rate is 25 without debate the special assem- sponsored bills such as preventing safety legislation. The citizens of Free digital edition delivered to times higher and accidental gun bly of the Virginia domestic abusers from obtaining Virginia deserve more than silence your email box. Go to connectionnewspapers.com/subscribe deaths is six times higher. Polls in- General Assembly called to act or keeping guns. She also founded and stonewalling on a topic of dicate a majority of Americans fa- on a series of gun safety bills. the Gun Violence Prevention Cau- such importance. For advertising information vor strong background checks and We need representatives in the cus. She supports enhanced back- Jocelyn Brittin [email protected] banning assault-style weapons. Virginia General Assembly who ground checks and closing the gun McLean 703-778-9431 Virginia Is the Roadmap to Win in 2020 To the Editor: work with Republicans to expand The Washington Post’s Sept. 15 Medicaid, which has enrolled article, It’s on: VA. Voters flip 300,000 low-income Virginians. switch for ‘off-off-year” elections, On gun safety, practical solutions well captured the enthusiasm moved forward by Del. Kathleen among Democrats in this year’s Murphy when in 2016 she helped Virginia election. But the article pass a law, which prohibits people overlooked how Democrats in this under a permanent protective or- state have approached campaign- der from possessing a firearm. ing and governing since 2016 Murphy accomplished this in a which will positively influence this Republican-controlled legislature year’s races. Virginia will provide and didn’t resort to dirty tactics a roadmap for current Presiden- such as when Republicans tial candidates and other states to abruptly cut short a special session win in 2020. to pass gun legislation to quash Beyond turn-out and hatred for debate. Donald Trump, Virginia Democrats Virginia Democrats are not per- have worked with Republicans fect but bipartisan work and the and other progressives on issues party’s cohesiveness helped them important to voters and rallied to win big in 2018 despite gerryman- support candidates who won their dered districts. Let us hope other primaries. In 2017, Tom Perriello candidates learn valuable lessons lost the primary for the Governor from Virginia’s election this No- but still pledged to elect Ralph vember. Northam. One of Northam’s first accom- Kristin Battista-Frazee plishments as governor was to McLean Misrepresenting Plans For Boundary Changes To the Editor: reassembled to achieve Dr. Superintendent Dr. Brabrand of Brabranad and the Board’s ideal Fairfax County Public Schools is- socieoeconomic and/or racial sued a surprise message last week composition of students. in response to growing outcry in The need to reconsider school the county about his and the boundaries is understandable School Board’s efforts to redraw since Fairfax county has experi- boundaries and implement forced enced rapid growth and change busing. His message was posi- over the years. tioned as an effort to clarify “mis- We all know overcrowding is a information”. The problem is he serious concern and boundary ad- failed to mention the central role justments should be part of the of the radical One Fairfax policy discussion. in his plan to upend school pyra- However, Dr. Brabrand and the mids. Board’s push to implement a so- Why did Dr. Brabrand fail to cial engineering experiment at the mention One Fairfax when he has behest of outside special interests consistently praised and promoted doesn’t benefit taxpayers, the radical policy in the past? One homeowners or our children. Fairfax has become toxic in the A change in leadership is desper- community as citizens learn more ately needed on the School Board about the extreme and unneces- to ensure accountability and to sary disruption it requires. Citizens protect our most valuable assets. don’t want our school pyramids and neighborhoods carved up, Jeff Norris ripped apart and Vienna 4 ❖ Chantilly Connection ❖ October 2-8, 2019 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Wellbeing

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Expires November 30, 2019 EyeStreetOptical.com Ones with Breast Cancer Independently owned and operated. Chantilly Professional Building 3910 Centreville Road, Suite 100, Chantilly VA Choosing words and like, ‘Everything happens for a reason.’ or forecast- ing comments such as ‘Everything will be fine,’” said actions that don’t cause Joanne Bagshaw, PhD, Professor of Psychology at Montgomery College. additional pain or anxiety. Though it is natural to be concerned and want spe- cific details about a loved one’s condition, sometimes By Marilyn Campbell the best words are no words at all, says Professor of The Connection Psychology at . “There may be times to mostly listen and other times to joke hen Florence Murrian was diag- around,” said Short. “Plan to continue enjoyable ac- nosed with stage two breast can- tivities together, but confirm whether your loved one W cer last December, the treatment wants to get together.” recommended by her oncologist Avoid non-specific offers to help, says Short. “I rec- was a lumpectomy and radiation. In an attempt to ommend taking the perspective of your friend and help, Murrian’s sister urged her to seek multiple loved one and imagining what she might like to hear,” medical opinions and insisted she ask for a more he said. “You should express empathy and support aggressive treatment. Murrian, 54, felt over- … prepare small meals or snacks to share. Offer to whelmed by the barrage of advice. help with household tasks, errands, or “It was the friends who just listened caring for family members or pets.” to me as I sometimes rambled on and “ Everyone’s For those who are unsure, consider- on that gave me comfort,” she said. ing your loved the best source of in- “There were times when I didn’t want situation and formation about her needs is more ef- to talk about it or cry about it. I needed fective than making assumptions, sug- to feel normal and sometimes was in diagnosis is gests Bagshaw. “I do recommend ask- denial. What I didn’t want is someone ing how you can be of support,” said asking me why I wasn’t acting a cer- different.” she said. “One can simply say, ‘Just let tain way.” — Joanne Bagshaw, me know how I can help.’” When a close friend of loved one is PhD, Professor of “It is good to be encouraging, but diagnosed with breast cancer, the reac- Psychology at Mont- realistic,” added Short. “Follow cues tion can range from aggressive advice gomery College from your friend or loved one on how giving as in Murrian’s case to excessive to interact.” questioning to learning every detail. Listening, validating and inquiring During October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, about her overall wellbeing can be more comforting some survivors and mental health professionals share than offering opinions or sharing stories about other insight on offering support. women who’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer. “Sometimes I had conversations with friends that “Everyone’s situation and diagnosis is different,” said made me feel worse that I already felt,” said Murrian Bagshaw. who lives in Arlington. “I was so overwhelmed that I “Avoid advice and assumptions unless you are didn’t want advice and I didn’t want to have to cheer asked for your opinion,” added Short. “Some ex- up my friends.” amples [of things] to say are, ‘I am sorry that this Conversations designed to convey concern can go happened to you. I want you to know that I care awry. “I recommend avoiding invalidating comments about you. How are you doing? I want to help’” www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Chantilly Connection ❖ October 2-8, 2019 ❖ 5 Sports

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Alex Richards #15 crosses the goal line for a 62 yard touchdown reception. Westfield Improves to 4-0 Bulldogs beat Stonewall Jackson, 23-7. tonewall Jackson and Westfield had met the Sprevious two seasons during the regular sea- son with each going to the Bulldogs 21-0 in 2017, 31-13 in 2018.This year both teams came into this game undefeated. Westfield came in beating pre- viously unbeaten Lake Braddock in a thriller 40-34. In the first quarter the hometown Bulldogs used Noah Kim’s leadership and a Virginia Tech signee to sneak in from 1 yard out. The PAT was unsuccessful and the Bulldogs were atop early 6-0. In the 2nd quarter Bulldog wide receiver Alex Richards took a Noah Kim pass 62 yards for a touch- down. The PAT was successful by James Williams and Westfield now led 13-0, with 11:48 to play in the half. Later in the quarter the Red Raiders would get on the board after Elijah Reese secured a pass in the end zone between two Westfield defenders. The lead Noah Kim #10 rushes in for the first of his was now 13-7. two touchdowns. Noah Kim would rush in for his second touchdown with 2:36 to play in the 3rd quarter. Williams was be the final margin of 23-7. again successful on the PAT giving Westfield a 20-7 Westfield improves to 4-0 and will play at WT lead with just over a quarter to play. Woodson (3-1). Stonewall Jackson falls to (3-1) and Later in the 4th quarter James Williams would add will host John Champe (3-1) a 22 yard field goal with 7:46 to play and that would —Will Palenscar

The dance team shows Westfield school spirit. 6 ❖ Chantilly Connection ❖ October 2-8, 2019 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Roundups When Compounding Midday Stoppages isn’t a Good Thing Planned on By KENNETH B. LOURIE Dealing with a cancer diagnosis is one thing, and certainly a big thing, but I’m much better I-66 and Route 28 in dealing with it when the 50 million other things we all have to deal with are not having to be Centreville for About dealt with (ending a sentence with a preposition notwithstanding) at the same time. And not that Two Months I’m the least bit unique in having all these other tasks and concerns or even the most bit interest- Traffic stoppages of up to 15 minutes are ing in that I have them. Hardly. They are simply planned in both directions of I-66 between the elements that sometimes make living more of Route 29 in Centreville and Stringfellow a job and less of an adventure. That being said, Road, and in both directions of Route 28 when I am uncluttered by these mundane re- sponsibilities and am able to focus on the things between Braddock Road and I-66 between I want to do rather than the things I have to do, I the hours of 11 a.m. and noon on week- am so much more able to fend off the inevitable days, starting Tuesday, Oct. 1 and continu- demons that haunt any of us diagnosed with a ing for approximately the next two months. serious/in my case “terminal,” disease. These closures are needed to accommodate The last month was, and still is, such a month. It all started with my application for a reverse small charge blasting operations.Crews are TVY[NHNL(M[LY[OLÄYZ[JVTWHU`0LUNHNLKNH]L blasting to break up rock along the outside up, I met another, local company who so far has shoulders of I-66 between Route 29 in exhibited the wherewithal to get the application Centreville and Route 28 where highway approved. However, the structural integrity prob- widening will occur for the Transform 66 lem you regular readers know about has impeded the progress I was hoping to have made by now. Outside the Beltway Project. Residents and Not knowing yet the estimate to right this wrong, drivers in the area may hear loud noises and I am twisting in a bit of an ill wind, and I assure should expect travel delays.Prior to the you, it is not improving my demeanor. blasting each day, police will pace traffic on Yes, “Medicare is in The House,” but as I-66 and Route 28 to a slow roll to stop traf- of September 27, it’s sort of a house divided. fic. The ramp from Route 29 in Centreville Because even though its effective date was September 1st, I’ve not received an invoice. And to I-66 East will be blocked as part of the since I haven’t paid for any new coverage, am I stoppages. All work is weather dependent still supposed to cancel my old, in-force “Obama and will be rescheduled if inclement condi- Care?” Moreover, if I don’t know exactly what I tions occur.The work is part of the Trans- have, am I supposed to buy a Medicare Supple- form 66 Outside the Beltway Project, which ment for coverage I don’t know for sure even exists? I mean, it’s not as if my medical welfare/ is scheduled to be completed in December ÄUHUJPHSM\[\YLKLWLUKZVUP[:V`LZ0»TL]LU 2022.Sign up at Transform66.org for regu- more worried, and obviously confused. lar email updates on traffic impacts due to If the unresolved reverse mortgage and health construction activities on the Transform 66 PUZ\YHUJLZP[\H[PVUZ^LYLU»[Z\MÄJPLU[LUV\NO Outside the Beltway Project.On Twitter, fol- to stress over, consider my concern for the “Di- abetic Duo,” our two cats with diabetes. Other low VDOT at than the real possibility that either, if not both, @VaDOTNOVA. of these cats will die on our watch, the expense of sustaining their lives is past adding up. Items Bulletin Board include insulin, syringes, prescription wet food, prescription dry food, two sizes of pee pads Submit civic/community announcements at (because the liter box has less interest to them or ConnectionNewspapers.com/Calendar. Photos and they can’t quite see it) and since they’re eating artwork welcome. Deadline is Thursday at noon, at and drinking constantly, we’re buying more liter least two weeks before event. than ever before, and vet bills: diabetic boarding MONDAY & WEDNESDAY/NOW THRU OCT. 23 when we’ve been away for a weekend or two and glucose monitoring every week to 10 days Community Emergency Response Team to check their sugar level, all times two. Can you Training. 7-11 p.m. at at the Fire and Rescue say credit card? Academy, 4600 West Ox Road, Fairfax. The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Two other extremely mundane tasks have also Program trains county residents in basic disaster fallen on me during this time line. Both involving response skills, such as fire safety, light search the M.V.A., never an easy process: emissions and rescue, team organization, and disaster inspection and a driver’s license renewal. Again, medical operations. Using the training learned not Herculean tasks, but in the middle of all this in the classroom and during exercises, CERT other stuff. The issue? More money and possibly members can assist others in their neighborhood more hassle to resolve their respective ‘issues:’ or workplace following an event when possibly replacing a catalytic converter in the 29 professional responders are not immediately available to help. Emphasis on hands-on skill year-old Honda Accord, which has happened development and Fairfax County protocols and previously under identical circumstances, and re- procedures. Instructor will provide syllabus with newing one’s driver’s license, which now comes class schedule at first session. This training does ^P[OHOVZ[VMUL]LYILMVYLPKLU[PÄJH[PVUZLJ\YP[` not require any special physical strength or requirements which if I don’t have/can’t prove, agility. Visit volunteer.fairfaxcounty.gov/ present another slew of potential entanglements. custom/1380/#/opp_details/184991 to register. And of course, the eye test. I don’t wear glasses. SATURDAY/OCT. 5 What if I fail the test and they tell me I need Mental Health and Wellness Conference. 8 glasses. Then I have to see my way through that a.m.-4 p.m. at Fairfax High School. The morning morass, and delay resolving another task. will focus on social and emotional learning, with And just to complicate matters, I am waiting a keynote address given by Dr. Marc Brackett, for results from my bi-monthly CT scan and my founding director of the Yale Center for wife, Dina, is waiting for results from a scan she Emotional Intelligence. A special session for high recently completed. Though neither one of us is school students, the Our Minds Matter Teen the least bit symptomatic, we are hardly dealing Summit, will take place in the morning as well. in absolutes here. Absolutely though, I will say, I Attendees are encouraged to stay for Inova’s Act on Addiction Summit, which will be held from HT[OYPSSLK[VÄUHSS`JOLJRHML^IV_LZ6UJL0 12:30-4 p.m. Breakout sessions, exhibit tables, and check the rest, I’ll be back to abnormal and then resources will be available to all attendees I can plan for the future rather than plod through throughout the day. Lunch will be provided. 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ONGOING Crafters Wanted for 2nd Annual Fall Craft Show. The Fairfax Station Railroad Museum will hold its 2nd Annual Fall Craft Show and LEGO (TM) Train Show on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019 ,10 a.m.-4 p.m. For crafters interested in joining the event, booth space is enough room for a 10x10 canopy and cost is $50 per space. Email dmueller@fairfax- station.org for an application and further information. Visit Jon Vrana playing the mandolin. www.fairfax-station.org or call 703- 425-9225. Chantilly Farmers Market. Thursdays, 3:30-7 p.m., through Nov. Preserving History 11 in the parking lot at St. Veronica Catholic Church, 3460 Centreville From Page 3 better understand, the history Road, Chantilly. The farmers market Chantilly app is being devel- associated with the battle,” ex- is a family-friendly weekly event where everyone can access local oped, with the Bull Run Civil plained Myers. “The park’s foods around, and build connections War Round Table leading the master plan recognizes that, with local farmers, small business fundraising. It will enable while Generals Kearny and owners, and their neighbors. Farmers and vendors bring locally raised people to have a virtual, real- Stevens have long been memo- fruits, vegetables, breads and baked time experience of the battle to rialized, the common soldiers goods, meats and eggs, local honey, appreciate and understand its who fought and who fell dur- wine, soaps, prepared foods, and more each week. Free admission. full impact. After he spoke, a ing the battle have not been so Visit www.community- wreath was placed at Stevens’s recognized. So, he said, the foodworks.org/chantilly for more. and Kearny’s monuments in plan reserves historically ori- memory of all the soldiers, ented sites for two, yet-to-be- THURSDAY/OCT. 3 Union and Confederate, who installed monuments com- Think Pink Fundraiser. 6-9 p.m. At Fall Pumpkin Festival fell during this battle. memorating those soldiers – a Centreville High School Field Hockey Field, 6001 Union Mill Road, Clifton. Enjoy the changing of the leaves and the cool crisp air in the great outdoors at The keynote speaker was Bull Union “Chantilly” monument The Centreville Field Hockey Teams our Fall Pumpkin Festival. Sept. 21-Nov. 3, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at Ticonderoga Farms, Run Civil War Round Table and a Confederate “Ox Hill” 26469 Ticonderoga Road, Chantilly. $11-$18. Visit www.ticonderoga.com. hosts a Think Pink Fundraiser in member Ed Wenzel, who gave monument. They’ve already conjunction with the JV and Varsity Games against Westfield High School Herndon Police Department, 397 Qi Gong, Tai Chi and more. a detailed description of the been produced, have the same at 6:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. All Herndon Parkway, #300, Herndon. Membership is $48 a year, and battle. When it ended, he said, design and are inscribed with monies raised will benefit the Play 4 Walk Like MADD is MADD’s waivers are available. Email the Union soldiers withdrew to the respective military units The Cure National Foundation for signature fundraising event to help [email protected] or call Cancer Research. Free. Donations for us raise both awareness and funds to 703-322-4475 for more. the Fairfax-Centreville road, that fought on this battlefield, Play 4 The Cure are appreciated. Visit eliminate drunk and drugged driving. History Volunteers Needed. Fairfax leaving the battlefield to the plus a stanza from the poem, http://www.nfcr.org/p4tc/. $25. Email Station Railroad Museum needs Rebels. The Union left behind “The Blue and the Gray.” [email protected] or visit history buffs. The Museum offers a www.walklikemadd.org. variety of volunteer opportunities in 150-250 severely wounded Myers said these monuments FRIDAY/OCT. 4 Museum events, programs and men at a home which served as – historically oriented along the OLGC Golf Classic. 11 a.m.-8 p.m. at administration. Email their field hospital. That site interpretive trail. together with Westfields Golf Club, 13940 Balmoral SATURDAY-SUNDAY/OCT. 12-13 [email protected] or call Greens Ave., Clifton. Join Vienna’s Model Train Show and Craft Fair. 703-945-7483 to explore today is near the county’s Fire the Kearny and Stevens monu- Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, opportunities. www.fairfax- Training Academy on West Ox ments – “will help make Ox Hill Church for a fun-filled day with noon-5 p.m. at the Fairfax Station station.org, 703-425-9225. Road. For more information on a fully interpreted battlefield contests, food and drink, and Railroad Museum, 11200 Fairfax Art Guild of Clifton Exhibit. 10 company to share it with. Register by Station Road, Fairfax Station. The a.m.-8 p.m. at Clifton Wine Shop, the Battle of Ox Hill, see “Chro- park and a premier county des- Sept. 23. $200. Visit Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area 7145 Main St., Clifton. Includes oil nology of the Civil War in tination for all who are inter- www.olgcva.org/fellowship/golf- LEGO (R) Train Club (WamaL TC) paintings of European settings; Fairfax County,” Part I, pages ested in Civil War history and classic or call 703-896-7425. will hold a two-day display at the doors, windows, and flower shops. Fairfax Station Railroad Museum. In Free. Call 703-409-0919 for more. 320-394, published by the Bull Fairfax County history.” addition, Saturday will feature a Carolina Shag Dance. Wednesdays, Run Civil War Round Table. SATURDAY/OCT. 5 Craft Fair with local artisans 6:30-10 p.m. at Arlington/Fairfax Myers then read from the MARK RODDY, president of 3rd annual DC-Metro Modern displaying and selling their crafts. Elks Lodge, 8421 Arlington Blvd., Home Tour. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. in areas Bring any unwanted LEGO pieces Fairfax. Free lessons at 7:30 p.m.; no poem, “The Blue and the Gray,” the Father William Corby Divi- including Arlington, Fairfax, and and sets for donation. Ages 16 and partners needed; dinner menu at by Francis Miles Finch. “First sion of the Ancient Order of Great Falls. The DC-Metro Modern older, $4; 5-15, $2; 4 and under, 6:45 p.m. Tickets are $8. Visit published in 1867, it was writ- Hibernians, gave the closing Home Tour, a self-guided event, free. Visit www.fairfax-station.org or www.nvshag.org for more. provides a day of local sight-seeing call 703-425-9225. Open Rehearsal. Wednesdays, 7:30 ten to honor the widespread remarks. He said it’s important and open-house-style visits for lovers p.m. at Lord of Life church, 13421 grief and mourning experi- to commemorate this battle of architecture, design, real estate, Twin Lakes Drive, Centreville. The enced throughout the North because, among the things it and anyone on the hunt for ideas and SUNDAY/OCT. 13 Fairfax Jubil-Aires barbershop chorus inspiration. $20-$50. Visit Clifton Day Festival. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in invites men of all ages who enjoy and South in the years imme- represents is “the failure of our www.dcmetromodernhometour.com the Town of Clifton, 7144 Main St., singing. Free. Visit diately preceding and following American ancestors to peace- for tickets. Clifton. The 2019 Clifton Day www.fairfaxjubilairs.org for more. the war’s end,” said Myers. fully resolve their significant, Festival will feature a marketplace Live After Five. Fridays at 5:30 p.m. with around 150 vendors. Live at The Winery at Bull Run, 15950 Lee “This poem was published cultural and political differ- MONDAY/OCT. 7 music, train rides, children’s Highway, Centreville. Every Friday widely and – by acknowledging ences some 160 or so years African-American Genealogy. 7- activities and delicious food and night a band plays on the patio of the the mutual suffering and sacri- ago.” Therefore, said Roddy, 8:30 p.m. at Centreville Regional beverages will add to the fun. Clifton winery. Free to attend. Visit Library, 14200 St. Germain Drive, Day is the only day of the year when www.wineryatbullrun.com for a full fices on both sides – it served “Given the increasingly polar- Centreville. An African-American the train stops in the town. schedule. as a stepping-stone to a reuni- ized opinions and attitudes we Genealogy study group meets the Admission is free. Parking starts at fied nation.” see and hear today, we must first Monday of the month (except $5 per car. Call 703-968-0740 or September and November). visit www.cliftonday.com. LIBRARY FUN He also noted that Ox Hill continue to conduct – and re- Participation in the study group is Toddlin’ Twos. Tuesdays, 10:30 and Battlefield Park is a continual flect upon – commemorations free but registration is requested. To 11:30 a.m. at the Chantilly Library, work in progress. “It must be like this.” Otherwise, he said, register, or for more information, ONGOING 4000 Stringfellow Road. Early visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/events Fitness for 50+. Daytime hours, literacy storytime with songs and preserved, updated and con- like philosopher George or call 703-830-2223. Monday-Friday at Sully Senior activities included. Age 2 with tinually maintained to ensure Santayana warned, “Those Center, 14426 Albemarle Point Place, caregiver, free. Call 703-502-3883 to that it provides a welcoming who cannot remember the past SATURDAY/OCT. 12 Chantilly. Jazzercise Lite, Zumba reserve a spot. Walk Like MADD 5K Dash/ Bark Gold, Hot Hula Fitness (dancing setting in which to learn of, and are condemned to repeat it.” Like MADD. 9 a.m.-noon at Polynesian style), Strength Training, 8 ❖ Chantilly Connection ❖ October 2-8, 2019 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com