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.
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
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
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
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
Event program for Ankers Family Memorial Garden Groundbreaking & Virginia Civil War Trails Marker Unveiling Ceremony, held on Loudoun Campus. Date: July 16, 2011 Source: Loudoun Campus Library Archives