Students Celebrate Burke School’s 75th Anniversary
Virginia Lee Fowler Hyer is the oldest of seven girls who used to live in the “top of…
Burke School Set to Celebrate 75th Anniversary
The Burke School is turning 75. The building at the corner of Burke Lake and Lee…
New Civil War Marker Honors African-American Woodcutters in Burke
Centreville resident Debbie Robison hasn’t…
Murder Mystery Marks Annual Meeting
The Burke Historical Society marked its annual meeting on Sunday, Jan. 25, at Abiding Presence Lutheran Church in…
Historic Snowstorm Revisited in Burke
It was only fitting on a snowy Sunday in late March, following a winter filled with snow days, that members of the Burke…
Taking a Trip Back in Time
If it weren’t for a group of concerned citizens in the 1950s, Burke could have very well been the site of a major airport…
Burke History Day Revisited
On Saturday, Oct. 12, grey skies and light rain didn’t put a damper on the first Burke History Day since the 1990s…
Burke: A History of Pies, Racing and Summer Fun
Burke — When Mike Copperthite dug into his family’s history last year, he struck pies. Fifty thousand of them…
Finding the Forgotten Founding Father
Say the name George Mason and most people think of the university that bears his name…