Historical Commission 1-13-26 - Jan 13, 2026

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Prince William County Historical Commission 1h 52m 8 agenda items transcribed 14 hours ago official recording ↗

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What was the purpose of the opening and attendance roll‑call?

Rob 0:03

Meeting will come to order. What the records reflect that the Certini County Historical Commission As that at the uh Development service building, uh five county complex, it's putting in town. Every hour is now seven thirty PM and please stand for the Pleasant League flag.

Rob 0:37

For all. Uh I understand that one of our members has recently been released from the hospital. It is now home convalesc. I would ask the members to Thank you, and their thoughts and their prayers they wish and speedy recovery so we can see near monies again soon. Is this shade?

Rob 1:18

No. Please call the woman.

Unknown 1:21

Fuck him.

Rob 1:22

Yeah.

Unknown 1:24

David Brickley? Eric is absent. Yeah. John David? Yeah. Oh here, do you like here? I'm sorry. I I looked at you and didn't see you. I don't know how that could happen. George is not here. Doug isn't here, playing air.

Emma 1:46

Gave the TV share. I need And furnish you can here.

Rob 1:56

Thank you. I understand there is no motion pending for remote participation. Is that correct, Adam Sekol? Okay, we can skip that. And do I hear a motion to approve the agenda to move? Second it. Ooh, yeah. Yeah. Second the motion. All in favor? All right. Opposed. Do I hear a motion to approve the meeting brief and resolutions from the from the December meeting? So Second. No uh

Unknown 2:34

Get that?

Rob 2:36

Yeah. All in favor? I oppose.

Rob 2:47

Sorry. Do we have citizens, any citizens who wish to speak?

Unknown 2:54

Rob 2:57

German. Service service time, that's me. I must confess that I am Stop mine from Some bit of a cold this evening, so please bear with me. But I wish wish everyone a happy new year and I I'd like to say that it is indeed a privilege to be a member of this commission as we celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Invitation. I understand that a number of events commemorating that occasion are going to be conducted. during the following year. Including A Uh a presentation for the I think he's a historical marker. Yeah, where Rob Rich. When w when might that do, Rob? Oh, we're gonna fly uh wait. Uh another issue has arisen of more pressing nature over the last in the last month. And that involves the fate of the better school.

Rob 4:01

in the nationalists but which is kind of property. And I would also ask Bob to talk about that very briefly too, so we can discuss it during your business. I have nothing proof. Vice Chairman is absent. Members time. Um

Unknown 4:23

I have uh

Rob 4:28

Yes, Kim.

Unknown 4:29

I have passed out some of the things that I have brought so it's making its circulation around. Um Oh that's fun.

Rob 4:37

Anything you want to uh particularly Highlight in that package.

Unknown 4:43

Um I passed it on and I don't remember all the things that I had in it. So

Rob 4:50

Step time rough. Rough. Well, wait.

Unknown 4:57

Step time planning office is first. And if you start moving things around

Rob 5:01

Okay. Yeah, I was gonna say there's not a number of date. Sorry, I'm sorry. I had a pleasure, uh Alex years ago figured the legislation in Belinda State Park. Since then I've been trying to write a book about it and have failed miserably. With that in mind, I had the bright idea given to me by one of our fellow French Queen members that we ought to make it a uh And an approach where we have different authors take up different chapters. We've got such esteemed authors who volunteer at least certain chapters as the mayor of Occupons, America's Mayor, Two gentlemen back uh back back there. Uh Marion has just agreed to uh uh a a chapter and so I'm gonna open Lennis Vania is fascinating. Uh it just goes right from

Rob 5:57

freshes of the Potomac Cadillac, uh, to uh when I met uh uh Daniel K. Ludwig, who we bought the property from for the state, who at the time was the richest man in the world and I had the pleasure of spending the entire day with him and he was a Rick Fluz, not of the Howard Hughes variety, but the the Russian post New York Times had no idea what it looked like and and that was fascinating. You had the gambling ships there, uh the the movie about uh Light horse Henry Lee could be uh one with uh if over fifty years ago the Arrow Flynn, today'd be uh Rothead or whoever is that is that Rothe, is that right? I don't know, that gives it away, don't they? And then you have the gambling ship and everything else.