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REALLY SO WHAT
What A Time

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA

To turn our political choices, our leadership and economic
control over to the all powerful corporation and their
lobbying influence. Washington once again grew at an
astonishing rate. The suburbs then were 10 miles outside of
Washington; today they are more than 75 miles in every
direction, filled with corporate industry running the
government.

From the beginning Arlington, Virginia, had it’s own history
even though it had been part of Washington’s original 10
square miles. Just take a look at any map, to see the square.
Yet it wasn’t heavily populated, except with cows and pastures.
It had always been governed by Virginia, as one of it’s
counties, as it is today.
Crossing the Potomac may have been a problem but after
building a few more bridges it became more accessible. It was
also on the drier side of the city, as it was above sea level,
higher land than all of downtown.

During the War period Arlington began to grow. The
Pentagon led the way. Homes sprang up where there were
pastures. The county had a couple of small communities on
the north side, Roslyn, Clairdon, Balston , and a high school,
Washington-Lee. It lended itself to private homes, on it’s
northern side, while the southern area was less developed.
There was more open land in the south which led to an Army-
Navy Country Club, a junior high school, Dolly Madison, and
the community of Fairlington.

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