POSTCARD FROM CENTREVILLE ,VIRGINIA

welcome to centreville,virginia

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CENTREVILLE!

CENTREVILLE,VRGINIA,WITH A FRENCH ACCENT AND SPELLING, ESTABLISHED 1792.IT WAS CALLED NEWGATE ,A FEW DECADES BEFORE THAT ,FOR THE NAME OF A FAMOUS TAVERN THERE.AND NOW IS CONSIDERED A SUBURB OF WASHINGTON,D.C., LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES AWAY ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER OF FAIRFAX COUNTY.

CENTREVILLE WAS THE SITE OF A COUPLE OF MANASSAS WARS DURING CIVIL WAR BUT LATELY IS A MORE PEACEFUL SCENE WITH HER RESTAURANTS,LIKE ALTO PLAZA AND NEW YORK PIZZA,WHERE ROUTES 28 & 29 AND I 66 MEET IN STREETS OF PARIS,LIKE SAINT GERMAIN.

CENTREVILLE IS ENCIRCLED BY SMITHSONIAN'S AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM

(HAPPY AEROSPACE DAY!),

THE LOVELY AND THE ONLY BULL RUN PARK

WITH HER BLUEBELLS,FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS ,NEPTUNE WATER PARK,CAMP SITE AND OTHER CULTURAL AND SPORT EVENTS AND LOCATIONS,

MANASSAS BATTLEFIELD PARK IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BORDER WITH

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY.

UNFORTUNATELY DISNEY THEME PARK DIDN'T MAKE IT TO BE ADDED UP TO THIS LIST.

OUR VIEW OUT OF THE WINDOW OR ON THE HILL(ALTO)IS BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN ,

SHENENDOAH PARK
WITH THE MOUNTAIN
AND THE RIVER
THAT APPALACHIAN TRAIL RUNS THROUGH IT.

LONDON TOWN IS A HALLMARK HERE

IT IS OLD TOWN WITHOUT SHOPS
AND TOURIST TRAPS
A STREAM CALLED THAMES RIVER ONCE PASSED THROUGH CENTREVILLE

AND WE CALL OUR LONDON TOWN WEST PARK AS

HYDE PARK

SO NOT ONLY D.C. IS OUR SUBURB

AND ROCK CREEK PARK IS TRYING TO COMPETE WITH US

AND CITY OF LONDN TOO.

AND TORONTO,AS WELL WITH HER CENTREVILLE,EVEN THE OTHER CENTREVLLES IN MARYLAND,ALABAMA,INDIANA,MASSACHUSSETTS AND OTHERS,AND MAY BE IN FRANCE ,WHO ARE USING OUR GOOD NAME AND REPUTATION.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR OWN TIMES,SO CALLED CENTREVILLE TIMES

AND READ

NEW YORK TIMES,LOS ANGELES TIMES AND OF COURSE WASHINGTON POST,EVEN THOUGH IT IS SHRINKING LATELY.

OF THE 50 000 POPULATION OF CENTREVILLE ,WE ARE PROUD OF TEACHERS AND SCENTIST SUCH AS ORMOND STONE,

ASTRONOMER AND MATHEMATICIAN WHO IS FOUNDER OF FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY,ALSO

SPORT CHAMPS LIKE CARON BUTTLER(NBA)

SEAN GLENNON AND WILL MONTGOMERY(NFL)

BRANDON SNYDER(MLB)
I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOME SECRETS.
WE ARE NOT ON MOST OF THE MAP,
ALTHOUGH WITH CHANTILLY AND CLIFTON
WE MAKE THREE C COUNTRY.
WE DON'T HAVE A SYMPHNY ORCHESTRA OR OPERA AS YET,BUT WE ENJOY
FAIRFAX SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND VIRGINIA OPERA
PERFORMING IN OUR GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
(ALSO FAMOUS FOR BASKETBALL TEAM)

OR IN NORFOLK,
AND ENJOY THEM.
WE DON'T HAVE OUR OWN MUSEUM YET
AND SOMETIMES SNEAK IN NATIONAL GALLERY AND SMITHSONIANS,
OR EVEN FAIRFAX MUSEUM
BUT IF WE GET A MAYOR SOON
WE 'LL GET A MUSEUM SOON
AND CELEBRATE FOR BOTH.

WE ALSO CELEBRATE CENTREVILLE DAY

WITH NIMA SOLEIMANI'S BIRTHDAY ON SEPTEMBER 19

OF EACH YEAR.

IN OTHER OCCASIONS WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF

OUR TOWN AND THE REGION,

AND THE COUNTRY

AND THE WHOLE WORLD.
DIDN'T WE ALREADY DO IT?

ONE MORE THING:

THERE IS A HOMUNGOUS STONE LAKE,NEARBY BUT WITHOUT WATER AND USED BY STONE CUTTERS.SO WE USE VIRGINIA BEACH FOR SUN AND FUN,AND DINE AND WINE TOO
F.S.

see also: faramarzsoleimani.com/foggy day in london town