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#scavhunt 3/11 – The Fairfax Blvd cycle TRACK next to the new Marymount University building in Balston

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#civilwarforts 3/8 – Minor’s Hill on N Powhatan St where both the Confederates and the Union had installations at some point at Arlington’s highest point

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#publicartfinder 3/8 – Backyard shed art along the W&OD near mm 5.5 in EFC

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#scavhunt 3/8 – NAVEL – kinda looks like this sycamore along 4MR has an “outie”

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#civilwarforts 3/6 – Ft Buffalo on Sleepy Hollow Rd in Seven Corners

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#scavhunt 3/6 – The big ALERT today is the Gale/High Wind Warning (well, duh!).  These flags in Arlington Forest show just how windy it was and provide another type of ALERT

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#publicartfinder 3/6 – Corner of Columbia Pike and Gallows Rd, Annandale

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#civilwarforts 3/5 – Ft Taylor, corner of Roosevelt and Broad.  Nothing remains except the name of the Park which is a narrow undeveloped strip between the Koon’s lot fence and the steep hillside down to Roosevelt in Falls church

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#LOLfunny 3/5 – I’m not sure these whimsical political caricatures make me LOL or cry.

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#publicartfinder 3/5 – Located by Quinn’s Auction Galleries between Washington St and Maple St in Falls Church

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#scavhunt 3/5 – Started raining and I didn’t want to head over to Gravely Point where there are frequently rugby goal posts and an occasional match with a SCRUM.  Instead I stayed close to home and rode to Ft Taylor Park at Roosevelt and Broad St, not enough room for a rugby pitch on the hill, there must have been some skirmishes (SCRUMs) in the vicinity

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#civilwarforts 3/4 – Upton Hill Park, site of Ft Upton/Ft Ramsey.  No commemoration of the site’s history at the actual location.  Link to video including the fort in post #1137674 above

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#scavhunt 3/4 – With the advent of the ATM, I never have to write a CHECK for cash

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#publicartfinder 3/4 – General Billy Mitchell mural on American Legion Post #85 on N Kansas St, Virginia Square

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Casey, thanks, but there seem to be discrepancies between the various historical markers.  The 1100 block of John Marshall is behind Nottingham School heading up Minor’s Hill to a historical marker at Sharp Park on N Powhatan St which talks about a Confederate outpost and a Union signal station and housing cantonment.  Upton Hill Park has the pool and other facilities and doesn’t show any historical markers (there’s a boundary stone) and the NOVA Parks website has a video about it being the site of Ft Ramsey (also mentions on the historical marker on N Manchester at Wilson?).   So confusing, but I can get photos for credit at the one at 7 Corners on Sleepy Hollow (Ft Buffalo) and by Oakwood Cemetery on Roosevelt (Ft Taylor).  This is fun!

 

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