Skyline Towers collapse
On March 2, 1973, the 26-story Skyline Plaza apartment building, under construction in Bailey's Crossroads in Fairfax County, Virginia, collapsed, killing 14 construction workers and injuring 35 others.
Woodbridge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince William County, Virginia, United States, located 20 miles (32 km) south of Washington, D.C. Bounded by the Occoquan and Potomac rivers, Woodbridge Magisterial District had 54,275 residents at the 2010 census. The Woodbridge census-designated place comprises just one portion of the magisterial district and had a population of 40,550 in the 2010 census.
Population: 4,055
Latitude: 38° 39' 29.41" N
Longitude: -77° 14' 58.92" W
On March 2, 1973, the 26-story Skyline Plaza apartment building, under construction in Bailey's Crossroads in Fairfax County, Virginia, collapsed, killing 14 construction workers and injuring 35 others.
The National Firearms Museum is a museum focused on the evolution of firearms throughout the years and the history of firearms in America.
Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School, commonly known as W.T.
Bishop Ireton High School is a Roman Catholic High School located in Alexandria, Virginia. The school was founded in 1964 by the Oblates of St. Francis DeSales, and named in honor of Peter Leo Ireton, Bishop of Richmond from 1945 to 1958. The school…
Springfield Town Center is a shopping center in Springfield, Virginia. It opened in 1973 as Springfield Mall, an enclosed shopping mall, which closed on June 30, 2012 as part of a multi-million dollar redevelopment plan to turn it into a multifacete…
Potomac Mills is a shopping mall in Woodbridge, VA in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. It is located near Interstate 95 between Smoketown Road, Telegraph Road and the Prince William Parkway.
Occoquan is a town in Prince William County, Virginia. The population was 759 at the 2000 United States Census, but as of the census of 2010, there were 934 people residing in the town of Occoquan. The town is a suburb of Washington, D.C. and is adj…
Merrifield is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.
Mallows Bay is a small bay on the Maryland side of the Potomac River in Charles County, Maryland, and located at (38°28′21.4″N77°16′6.9″W).
Shirlington is an unincorporated urban area, officially called an "urban village", in the southern part of Arlington County, Virginia, United States, adjacent to the Fairlington area.
George Washington’s Gristmill was part of the original Mount Vernon plantation, constructed during the lifetime of the United States' first president. The original structure was destroyed about 1850. The Commonwealth of Virginia and the Mount Vernon…
The Battle of Blackburn's Ford took place on July 18, 1861, in Prince William County and Fairfax County, Virginia, as part of the First Manassas Campaign of the American Civil War. A Union brigade was ordered to probe the Confederate defenses along …
West Potomac High School, formerly Groveton High School, is a public high school in Fairfax County, Virginia. It is located on 6500 Quander Road and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools.
Paul VI Catholic High School (known as "PVI") is a Roman Catholic college preparatory school in Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
Noblis is a nonprofit research corporation headquartered in Annandale, Virginia. The firm performs scientific research and engineering with clients in the federal, state, and private sectors. The company's scientists, engineers, and researchers in b…
The Battle of Bristoe Station was fought on October 14, 1863, at Bristoe Station, Virginia, between Union forces under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren and Confederate forces under Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill during the Bristoe Campaign of the American Civil W…
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) is a United States naval military installation in Charles County, Maryland, that is a NAVSEA Warfare Center (WFC) enterprise dedicated to energetics (i.e., explosives, propellants, pyrote…
Osbourn Park Senior High School is a Prince William County, Virginia public high school in a small county island between the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.