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NOVA History Collections

NOVA History Collections documents the history of Northern Virginia Community College as it has grown from a few classrooms in a small warehouse in Bailey’s Crossroads to one of the largest community colleges in the nation.

Ankers Family Memorial Garden

Wreath

Wreath

Date: July 11, 2016

Source: Loudoun Campus Library Archives

Description: Wreath placed above a plaque at the Ankers Family Memorial Garden Groundbreaking and Virginia Civil War Trails Marker Unveiling Ceremony on Loudoun Campus.

Photographer: Scott Matthews, Northern Virginia Community College

Plaque

Plaque

Date: July 11, 2016

Source: Loudoun Campus Library Archives

Description: Plaque photographed during Ankers Family Memorial Garden Groundbreaking and Virginia Civil War Trails Marker Unveiling Ceremony on Loudoun Campus, which reads, "The Ankerage, 1847-1964, Site of the Ankers Family home & cemetery - Nineteen blue and gray soldiers killed in local actions during the Civil War were also buried here."

Photographer: Scott Matthews, Northern Virginia Community College

Civil War Marker

Civil War Marker

Date: July 11, 2016

Source: Loudoun Campus Library Archives

Description: Ambush at Ankers's Shop Virginia Civil War Trails Marker on Loudoun Campus, taken during the Ankers Family Memorial Garden Groundbreaking and Virginia Civil War Trails Marker Unveiling Ceremony.

Photographer: Scott Matthews, Northern Virginia Community College

Tents

Tents

Date: July 11, 2016

Source: Loudoun Campus Library Archives

Description: A photograph of Ankers Family Memorial Garden Groundbreaking and Virginia Civil War Trails Marker Unveiling Ceremony.

Photographer: Scott Matthews, Northern Virginia Community College

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