Hi Sara,
Thanks so much for the information, and you hit a goldmine with Ed Thelen's
site on Nike sites in all the US. Given that this (and the 90mm and 120mm
gun sites before the missiles) were a major, major part of our lives in the
Cold war between about 1952 and1974, I think the history of the Virginia
sites would make an excellent thesis topic for some graduate student,
leading to a book. There were 13 missile sites around DC, and Norfolk.
Most were turned over to city or county governments and are used today as
school sites, maintenance facilities, or are just plain abandoned -- an
interesting modern version of "swords into ploughshares." A few apparently
found their way into private ownership, but is not clear to me whether they
have residential or commercial classification at this time.
Thanks again,
Randy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sara Bearss" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 10:24 AM
Subject: Missile sites in Virginia
> In addition to his excellent essay in the _Virginia Magazine of History
> and Biography_, "Nike Defends Washington: Antiaircraft Missiles in
> Fairfax County, Virginia, during the Cold War, 1954-1974" (Vol. 105
> [Summer 1997]), Christopher J. Bright also wrote an article dealing with
> preservation plans in the _Fairfax Chronicles_ ("The Quiver of Zeus:
> Nike Anti-aircraft Missiles in Fairfax County" (Vol. 19, no. 1, 1996).
>
> A useful Web site listing all the Nike missile sites in Virginia, with
> bibliographies and technical information, is at:
>
> http://ed-thelen.org/loc-v.html
>
> Best of luck with your research.
>
>
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