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where man has trod and
for the future keep the past.


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GFHS 2007-2008 PROGRAMS


To 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>.


2007
(If program title is blue, click it for more information.)
  Sep 12 AUGUST 24, 1814 – WASHINGTON IN FLAMES
Carole HerrickMcLean Historian
At the Great Falls Library   
  Oct 10 Annual Oktoberfest
At the Historic Great Falls Grange
  Nov 14 Local History through the
Collecting and Study of Historic Postcards

Brian Conley
Assistant County Archivist for Fairfax County

At the Historic Great Falls Grange
 
  Dec 19 Annual Holiday Party
The Herndon High School Madrigals

directed by Dana Vann Slyke
At the Historic Great Falls Grange  
2008
(If program title is blue, click it for more information.)
  Jan 9 The History of the Great Falls Village Center
            Doug Cobb & Randy Kerr
At the Great Falls Library  
  Feb 19   Annual Banquet & 30th Anniversary Celebration
At the Old Brogue  
  Mar 12 A Collection of Vintage Clothing
Carolyn McDonald
Mount Vernon-Alexandria Chapter of the
    American Antique Arts Association

At the Great Falls Library  
  Apr 9 Guided Tour of Dodona Manor
Janet R. van der Vaart
            George C. Marshall Int'l Center
         In Historic Downtown Leesburg  
  May 14 General Meeting
    Potluck Dinner and Election of Officers
 
At the Historic Great Falls Grange


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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