I had seen them many a time, but always from a distance. Sprinting up Georgetown Pike on our way to a baseball practice or racing down Walker Road to get to some appointment you would occasionally catch a fleeting glimpse of shiny sports cars congregated around Katie’s Coffee in Great Falls, Virginia. But other than a brief over the shoulder glance I had never had a chance to really stop to look at the automotive beauties that congregate here each Saturday morning (April through October).
A Most Propitious Time
Virginia Highway 7, otherwise known as The Leesburg Pike, is one of my least favorite roads. Usually clogged with commuter traffic trying to get to the ever-expanding suburban hinterlands of Loudoun county or to the sprawling concrete swirl of Tyson’s Corner, trying to cross or drive on this road is usually met with modern misery. But its important to remember that this road was not always jammed bumper to bumper with Escalades and Honda Civics. In September of 1862, the Leesburg Pike was once clogged with more than 50,000 grizzled combat veterans of Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
Civil War Photos of Great Falls
The Library of Congress has three great photos of the Great Falls of the Potomac that were taken during the Civil War.
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