First off, a heartfelt "Thank you" to the helpful folks at the Graffiti House (the visitors center…read morewhich is a few minutes away) who gave us directions to the different parts of this battlefield. Technically there are three parts to this battlefield you can see, but they are scattered around so you have to find them separately. Brandy Station was the largest battle predominately fought by mounted soldiers in North America, and the de-facto kick off for the Gettysburg Campaign. The history markers give a quick feel for this, although more can be learned at the Graffiti House. For more detail on the battle, look here: http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/brandy-station.html This location at has a tiny parking area at an empty field; not much to see here except a few plaques. Fortunately, there are two other Brandy Station locations, each a short drive away. 1) At 13198 St James Church Rd (intersection of St James Church rd and Beverly Ford Rd) is another larger parking area, which has a 1 mile mowed walking trail thru a grassy area. Several more detailed historical markers can be found there, detailing not just the battle but the period when the Union Army encamped for the winter here. Most of my pictures are from the St James location. 2) At 12279 Beverly Ford Rd is a third set of markers; it has a separate Yelp entry here http://www.yelp.com/biz/brandy-station-battlefield-elkwood

Just an update to say that the Civil War Trust has recently added new historical information signs…read moreand is keeping the lawn in shape to allow for a short walking tour of about 1/2 mile.

The post-Civil War residence of Confederate Colonel John Mosby, leader of "Mosby Raiders", has been…read moreclosed since November 2014. According to the Warrenton tourism office, the foundation running it apparently ran out of money, and there is no information regarding what is going to happen next. It's a shame, because it's a neat piece of history in the middle of a quaint historical town. All you can do (for now) is look at the house from the outside. But for those who need their Mosby "fix", his grave is in the Warrenton Cemetery, only a few blocks away. You can find it next to the Confederate memorial.

I have to agree 100% with Kal B's review - "Q Town is what it is." Uniform tailors, barbers,…read moremilitary gear shops, some decent lunch type restaurants, a few apartments and some small homes nestled within Marine Corps Base Quantico on the Potomac River. Not much has changed there from when I first visited 29 years ago. . .I've always been amazed that there hasn't been a more concerted attempt by the Base to help clean the town up or somehow encourage businesses with staying power to invest in the town. The potential is there, with a large on-base population of military families, DoD civilians, civilian contractors, etc. Why not make the town more appealing for investors and draw in business? On the other hand, maybe that's part of the "charm" of good old Q Town - it's like going back in time to Smedley Butler's Quantico days. . .the Tokyo Japanese restaurant next to the train tracks is by far the best eatery in Q town. I've been going there for years whenever I visit Quantico for conferences, workshops, and other duties, and have never been disappointed. Yung's barber shop is the best of the MANY barbers in town - they take their time and don't rush you out of the place. The Marine Shop is legendary among Officer Candidate School and Basic School graduates for uniforms and other Marine Corps accoutrements. I wouldn't go out of my way to visit the place if I didn't have business on the base, but if for some reason you ever find yourself in the area, it's worth a stroll just to say you've visited the "Crossroads of the Marine Corps." Q Town, you will always occupy a small piece of my heart - maybe one day I can define what it is you have given me.

I think that in all fairness in saying A-OK, Quantico is what it is. A tiny town, literally in the…read moremiddle of the Gateway to the United States Marine Corps Quantico VA and those that live in "downtown" Quantico which is comprised of a bank, an ATM, the Marine Shop owned by a military company, multiple tailors and such and a hand full of restaurants and a few unappealing apartments that house the tailors for the most part and a hand full of Marines and that is IT. There is also a train station there. Quantico is and always has been a rundown tiny hole in the wall. Years ago a dental facility went in and dumped a bunch of money in with the hope of revitalizing Quantico but now that I write this and with our daughter currently at Officer Candidate School at Quantico and having been there the past several weekends, I'm not sure that it is even still there and if it is, their dream didn't come true. To come aboard Quantico, you generally have to have a DoD sticker on your car or a civilian or military identification card as well which makes it something of an annoyance at best to come aboard to go anywhere in Q'Town as it is affectionately called. I will say that one restaurant that has always been there and still is (no, not Dominos) is still a bright spot in an otherwise hole in the wall town - Tokyo Japanese is almost an institution. Don't drive from DC for it but if you're in town and need to "dine", this is the place! I've been associated with Q'town for over 26 years now. I repeat. It is what it is.

We have been a Prince William County resident for over 40 years and my wife and I would love to…read morethank everyone who worked on Saturday May 16, 2026 at the Prince William County Landfill & Compost Facility for an outstanding job with service and hard work. From the time we pulled into the parking lot there was someone to guide us with not only information but with a great attitude and taking the time to tell us where to go with a friendly attitude. We pulled up to the TV recycle center and again someone to guide us with a friendly attitude. We experienced fast and efficient service with the offloading of the very large 75" LCD TV. Thanking us and telling us to have a wonderful day. The place was the cleanest center we have ever seen. Please recognize these very dedicated employees for a job well done! I was a Store Manager for a fortune 50 company with over 300 employees. I wish we could have hired employees like yours. Whatever you are doing with the hiring and training of your associates please keep up the great work. Thank you!

New ID rules and regulations are absurd and makes life really difficult for some residents of the…read morecounty. Not all tax paying members of the county can utilize the dump they pay for unless your name & address is on certain "acceptable documentation." Unfortunately, the acceptable documentation is not always available for residents of PWC. If you call or email your concerns, you will get an admin person on the phone. If you want to share your concerns with upper management, good luck because they don't take calls from us. Cops are there quite a bit now because PWC residents are upset with these terrible new rules and regulations. Nothing really can be done unless our county leadership steps in. Hopefully people don't start dumping their trash on our beautiful roadsides and it ends up in the dump anyways... If you are reading this because you are as frustrated as I am, please contact the board of county supervisors. Share any legitimate concerns and let's get these crummy new inefficient practices improved or eliminated. Contact: BRENTSVILLE DISTRICT: Tom Gordy 703-792-6190 COLES DISTRICT: Yesli Vega 703-792-4620 GAINESVILLE DISTRICT: Robert B. Weir 703-792-6195 NEABSCO DISTRICT: Victor S. Angry 703-792-4668 OCCOQUAN DISTRICT: Kenny Boddye 703-792-4643 POTOMAC DISTRICT: Andrea Bailey 703-792-4563 WOODBRIDGE DISTRICT: Margaret Franklin 703-792-4646

Mean lady, very long graying hair, in suite 150 fingerprinting office (working at 11:30am on…read more9/24/19 at the computer farthest from the door), rude, miserable person. Please remove her from very sensitive customer service and put her maybe in janitorial, night shift or somewhere far away from people. Very unhelpful and unhappy and poor representative of Fairfax County. I will no longer volunteers with Fairfax County because I do not want to encounter her again and do not trust her with my personal identifiable information.

It was very clean, professional, and easy to navigate inside the building…read more There were plenty of guest parking up front and close to the front entrance.

Barracks are ok, most of them are garbage like always, it never changes. This base is mostly heavy…read moreon Officers, Q town is nice, not too many options but enough. It's mostly a pretty clean base. For marines: Main Side units specifically IPAC/Admin building are the most toxic leaderships ever. If you are a marine and this is your first duty station I'm really sorry for you. I had the worst experience in these unit, It really made me want to get out asap. If you are a civilian God bless your freedom. Jenny's tailoring store its great.

March 2020: One of our filming locations & I can't say…read moreenough about the courtesy & hospitality extended to our team of 30. Interacting with the different ranks of military personnel was actually pretty neat as they were not stone face screamers. Within some of the certain spaces/buildings we occupied they were a little run down, yet some renovations were taking place. We didn't get to break for lunch inside the Bruce Mess Hall, yet our Hosts staged one of training classrooms into a mini dining area for us. There are two different points of entrance off of I-95, one is exit 148 - South Entrance & exit 150-A - North Entrance aka the Main Gate with full on checkpoints. In addition to the personnel, the base/area consists of family members, military students/FBI/DEA, civilians & contractors. Both Amtrak & Virginia Railway Express train services the Quantico area.

Andrew and I visited Fort Meyers today to visit the Caisson Stables of the Old Guard. It's a little…read moreknown secret that the public is allowed to visit the army base to see the horses. I follow the Old guard on Facebook and found out about this, and naturally insisted on Andy taking me. I learned a great deal during our tour. The soldiers who are assigned to the caisson typically have no previous horse experience. They undergo a 10 week horsemanship class before they're allowed to ride in funeral processions. They also learn how to perform their own farrier services on the team, and have to be able to work without a farrier stand in case they're in the cemetery and need to replace a horseshoe on the fly. Can you imagine holding up a draft horses leg by yourself to put a shoe on?! There is only one mare left on the team of roughly 55 horses (give or take) because the mares tend to get too sassy with the other horses during ceremony. They're phasing out grey horses because of health problems (they're prone to skin cancers) and they're difficult to find in general. our tour guide said some of the best horses they've had we're actually mustangs from the BLM. He said they tend to acclimate better to tough conditions than the other horses. I also learned that the Caisson is a French word for box and is the box seat you see at the front of the carriage. In war times, that's where the ammo and dry goods were stored to stay out of the elements. The bronze stars on the carriages are polished daily and cost almost $500 a piece! The harnesses are also a lighter weight version as opposed to what you see on the Budweiser Clydesdales to keep the weight off of the horses. The soldiers clean and polish the tack every morning and every evening when they return to the stable, and their typical work day runs from 4:30AM - 6:00PM. I was so happy to have this experience and would highly recommend it to all!

What a hidden spot! I did not know here are horses!! I saw them at some ceremonies tho…read more Price: Free. Parking: Free. I saw one sad looking horse. No name tag at the door. That's why 4 stars. Besides her or him, they enjoyed food from kids;)

I wish more than this sign. For far too many years schools in the area, denied non white students…read morean education. It's simply unacceptable, and while am grateful more kids of minority backgrounds are getting more of a chance, there's still improvements to be made. It's a joy how diverse this area is. At many schools, international night is a joy. We really have it made here. Luther Jackson's plaque shows a small bit of history. I'm glad this marker is here. Yet can't we have a little more? It's amazing how this school was instrumental in getting rid of separate but equal. Let's see the county do more than this. It's a good plaque, but thinking this historical significant event needs a bit sprucing up.

It's important to remember where we came from so that we know where we're going. And up until the…read moremid-60's, Virginia was in the South with segregation and all sorts of bad stuff. This marker points out some of those times. It reads: "Luther P. Jackson High School, opened in 1954, was the first and only high school in Fairfax County created to serve the African-American community. The school was named after Luther Porter Jackson, a prominent historian, educator and founder of the Negro Voters League of Virginia, who chaired the History Department at Virginia State College in Petersburg, Virginia. The school a remained racially segregated public school until 1965 when it became a racially integrated school for grades seven and eight." The marker is located in front of the school near the drop-off circle.