SR 164 — Commending Friends of Fairfax Station.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24108911D SENATE RESOLUTION NO.

164 IE Offered March 7, 2024 N Commending Friends of Fairfax Station.

TN ––––––––––Agreed Patron––Pekarskyto by the Senate, March 8, 2024 R O WHEREAS, for 50 years, Friends of Fairfax Station has served the community by maintaining and operating the former Fairfax Station Railroad Museum, which preserves and interprets the regionDs rich history;

ande former Fairfax Station Railroad Museum, which preserves and interprets the region's rich L WHEREAS, when the Fairfax Station Railroad Depot closed in 1973, it was the last operating UL railroad depot in Fairfax County;

a group of local citizens worked to preserve the site for useCasuse as a E musWHEREAS, led by Lena Wyckoff, a former educator who grew up in a railroading family, and theEthe D Clifton Community Woman's Club, the Friends of Fairfax Station was founded later that year and was supported by Southern Railway, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, the Fairfax County Vocational EducationEduWHEREAS, Foundation,the Friends of Fairfax Station successfully remodeled and membersreopened ofthe property at the FriedFairfax andStation MooreRailroad families;Museum in 1987;

and WHEREAS, the Friends of Fairfax Station successfully remodeled and reopened the property at the FaiWHEREAS, the Fairfax Station area is rich in history related to the Civil War and the railroad industry, and the Friends of Fairfax Station and the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum have fostered a greater appreciation and understanding of that history through engaging programs, displays, and specialspecialR exhibits;

and WHEREAS,4 theNational FairfaxPark StationService's RailroadTraveling MuseumClara isBarton theprogram, onlywhich non-parkis siteaimed thatat participateshelping inyounger Rhevisitors R learn more about the Civil War;

now, therefore, be itm,it which is aimed at helping younger visit6rs RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That Friends of Fairfax Station hereby be commended on the occasionoccRESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of itsthe 50thSenate anniversary;prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Friends of Fairfax Station as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's admiration for the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum's contributions to education and historical preservation in the area.

and, be it RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Friends of Fairfax Station as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's admiration for the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum's contributions to education and historical preservation in the area.

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