Arlington national cemetery. Arlington and Fairfax Counties.
Arlington national cemetery. Arlington and Fairfax Counties.
Falls Church, Virginia is a bustling suburb of Washington, DC which has a rich and varied history. It was first settled by the Colonists in 1699. It became a village in 1776, a town in 1875 and finally gained its independence as a city in 1948. Falls Church took its name from a church that was established in 1769. Located at the corner of West Fairfax Street and Maple Avenue, the Falls Church continues to serve its congregation to this day.
Falls Church is memorialized in the National Register of Historic Places for quite a few historic places. The Falls Church was registered in 1970, and the Federal District Boundary Marker, West Cornerstone, which identifies the corner of the City of Falls Church, and Arlington and Fairfax Counties, was registered in 1991.
Other historic landmarks include the Fairfax Chapel and Oakwood Cemetery from 1779, the original Columbia Baptist Church from 1857, and a marker for an official hangman’s tree from 1860. Legend has it that during the Civil War Colonel John Mosby of the Confederate cavalry had ordered his men to hang union soldiers from this tree. Unfortunately, the tree was destroyed in 1968 because of a construction accident, and only a marker remains today.
For those who want variety in their dining and nightly entertaining, there will be something to their liking in Falls Church. From the ritzy “2941” restaurant with its ambiance, valets, attentive waiters and a star-studded menu filled with such delights as calamari and zucchini tempura, tartare, saffron risotto with sweet clams, or a host of other delicacies, to the more lively and down-to-earth sports bars like “Grevey’s,” Falls Church has it all.
Falls Church also boasts about having one of the highest achieving secondary school systems in the country. High school graduates have ample opportunities to continue their higher education in the immediate area by attending Marymount University in Arlington, George Mason University in Fairfax City, Georgetown, George Washington, American and Howard Universities in nearby Washington, DC plus many commercial schools of higher education throughout the area.
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