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Willard, Virginia
Posted by: Awakened ()
Date: November 03, 2008 11:56PM

i was wondering if anyone had any pictures or stories about Willard, the town which existed before Dulles was built.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard,_VA

"Willard was located at the intersection of Willard Road (now Stonecroft Boulevard) and Sterling Road (now Horsepen Road). This intersection was surrounded by extensive farmland, housing, schools, places of worship, the Willard store (until 1907), and Blue Ridge Airfield (1938-1951). Willard stood west of Floris, north of Pleasant Valley, and south of Farmwell (now Ashburn). Willard was regarded as a crossroads and a distinctive community until 1958, when construction of Washington Dulles International Airport began."

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Re: Willard, Virginia
Posted by: 496 ()
Date: November 04, 2008 09:44AM

It was the birthplace of Willard Scott, the famed weatherman.

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Re: Willard, Virginia
Posted by: tubby ()
Date: November 04, 2008 09:59AM

The amazing thing is Dulles was originally proposed to be built in BURKE!

How different the Fairfax County 'burbs would have been if that had happened!

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Re: Willard, Virginia
Posted by: Fairfax22032 ()
Date: November 04, 2008 11:27AM

tubby Wrote:
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> The amazing thing is Dulles was originally
> proposed to be built in BURKE!
>
> How different the Fairfax County 'burbs would have
> been if that had happened!


I just heard that recently and thought that it was a joke. When did this discussion take place? My understanding that it was essentially where Burke Centre is today. I would appreciate a link to any publications that discuss this as it sounds like an interesting part of local history. Was there a name for the airport before it was called Dulles?

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Re: Willard, Virginia
Posted by: Burke Lake ()
Date: November 04, 2008 11:32AM

http://braddockheritage.org/resources/item/80/

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Re: Willard, Virginia
Posted by: tubby ()
Date: November 04, 2008 11:32AM

http://www.loudounhistory.org/history/dulles-airport-history.htm

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Re: Willard, Virginia
Posted by: Bonfire ()
Date: November 05, 2008 03:11PM

I know that burke lake was probably the original site of the airport

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Re: Willard, Virginia
Posted by: pgens ()
Date: November 05, 2008 03:18PM

oops, replied to wrong thread like a newb. Oh well, Dulles rocks and all. Glad it isn't in Burke.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/05/2008 03:20PM by pgens.

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Re: Willard, Virginia
Posted by: 1amishman ()
Date: November 05, 2008 08:34PM

http://www.amazon.com/Washington-Dulles-International-Airport-America/dp/0738518476/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225935244&sr=8-3

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Re: Willard, Virginia
Posted by: Hay Zeus ()
Date: August 02, 2012 02:23PM

http://dullesareahd.50webs.org/willard.html

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Re: Willard, Virginia
Posted by: igor the old ()
Date: August 02, 2012 02:49PM

Fairfax22032 Wrote:
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> tubby Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The amazing thing is Dulles was originally
> > proposed to be built in BURKE!
> >
> > How different the Fairfax County 'burbs would
> have
> > been if that had happened!
>
>
> I just heard that recently and thought that it was
> a joke. When did this discussion take place? My
> understanding that it was essentially where Burke
> Centre is today. I would appreciate a link to any
> publications that discuss this as it sounds like
> an interesting part of local history. Was there a
> name for the airport before it was called Dulles?


I thought it was a joke as well when I first heard about it...in 1980. My 7th grade history teacher told us that story on the first day of school. (Mary Lipsey?) I believe she's involved in the Braddock heritage resource listed as well.

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Re: Willard, Virginia
Posted by: igor the old ()
Date: August 02, 2012 03:17PM

Just went over to the heritage site and this was highlighted on the front page:

http://braddockheritage.org/items/show/91

"And get off my lawn!" Johns was heard screaming.

(Or that's what he would've said had it been today vs. 1951.)

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