Hi John. Thanks very much. I had heard that Lorton land was SOOOOOO Much, that Fairfax County took literally years to allocate how the land was to be used. The museum sounds like an excellent idea. I think there is now a school there, and somewhere in my archives, I recall mention of a housing development. Randy ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Shroeder" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 9:59 AM Subject: Re: VA-HIST Digest - 10 Nov 2004 to 13 Nov 2004 (#2004-139) > In a message dated 11/13/2004 11:59:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 06:47:04 -0500 > From: Randy Cabell <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Relics of the cold War - Missile sites in Virginia > > I am trying to run down information on what happened to the land that = > was used for NIKE missile sites (and antiaircraft gun sites) around = > military and public facilites in the 1950's in Virginia. I have pinnned = > down a couple of missile sites in Fairfax County which helped protect = > Washington DC from the Great Evil Empire, but I suspect there must also = > have been some around Norfolk > The site at Lorton is to be used as a part of the Cold War Museum being > developed by Gary Powers, Jr. according to a recent article I read. Sorry, I don't > have the reference now. > John > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html