Arts and Crafts – Page 2 – The UncommonWealth

Chasing Steeples through WWI France

The Library of Virginia’s Visual Studies Collection has a collection of German postcards depicting non-combat scenes from the Western Front. Schaar & Dathe of Trier…

Sonya ColemanNovember 9, 2018

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Food for Fighting: Food Conservation During World War I

During WWI there was shortage of food for the people of war-torn Europe. Prior to the United States entry into the war, we were already…

Dana PugaAugust 10, 2017

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October Is Pumpkin-Spice Archives Month

Every year, seemingly on cue, nature gets the message that we’ve had enough heat and humidity. October dawns and the mornings get crisper, the leaves…

Vince BrooksOctober 5, 2016

Origami, Poem Signify Big Change in Fairfax

Not all records in the archives are on yellowed paper or centuries old. Correspondence found in the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Records gives unique…

Dale DulaneyJune 2, 2010