With more than 100 attendees, the Sixth Annual Fairfax County History Conference, Preserving Our Paths in History, Nov. 6 was a tremendous success this year.http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=346619&paper=81&cat=104

The Hunter Mill Defense League History Committee received the most prestigious award that the Fairfax County History Commission bestows, the Ross Netherton Award, for their work in creating the DVD “Danger Between the Lines,” a documentary relating the story of the people living amid the turmoil along Hunter Mill Road during the Civil War.

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L-R: Recipients of the Prestigious Ross Netherton Award are members of the Hunter Mill Defense League History Committee: Tom Evans, Bob Eldridge, Jim Lewis, Charlie Balch, Steve Hull, and presented by Chairperson Sharon Bulova & Conference Chairperson, Lynne Garvey-Hodge.