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8 unusual facts about Falls Church


Allan Bridge

Born in Falls Church, Virginia, Bridge attended the University of Chicago, where he earned a Bachelors degree in fine arts.

Irving Kristol

Kristol died aged 89 on September 18, 2009 at the Capital Hospice in Falls Church, Virginia from complications of lung cancer.

Kevin Rechin

Rechin works from his Falls Church, Virginia studio which he shares with cartoonist Nick Galifianakis (If You Loved Me, You’d Think This Was Cute), creator of the pit bull character Zuzu.

Martin Vidnovic

Born in Falls Church, Virginia, Vidnovic made his Broadway debut in the ill-fated Home Sweet Homer (1976) which, following a one-year tour, closed on opening night.

Michael Wynne

#July 1997 - October 1999, Senior Vice President, General Dynamics, Falls Church, Virginia

Roy Rogers Restaurants

Roy Rogers Franchise Company, LLC is a Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States chain of fast food restaurants founded by the Marriott Corporation in 1968 in Falls Church, Virginia.

The first location opened in 1968 in the Bailey's Crossroads section of Falls Church, Virginia, on the corner of Leesburg Pike and Carlin Springs Road (5603 Leesburg Pike), not far from the Hot Shoppes on Columbia Pike.

Terry Nelson

Nelson, his wife Marci, and their three children live in Falls Church, Virginia.


35th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 35th camped on Meridian Hill; moved to Arlington House and was engaged for a time in construction work on Fort Tillinghast and Fort Craig, and moved to Falls Church, Virginia, where it passed the winter of 1861-62.

Cameron Run Watershed

The growth of the federal government in the late 1800s meant more people moving to Northern Virginia, and expansion of housing and the development of Arlington, Alexandria, and Falls Church cities.

Get Wiser Live DVD

Get Wiser Live is a DVD recorded on January 6, 2006 by Soldiers of Jah Army (SOJA) at the State Theatre in Falls Church, Virginia.

John Dimes

In 1995 John sang on the stage of the Apollo Theatre, and later that same year, Halloween 1995, his program, "The Spooky Movie", debuted on Falls Church Community TV (formerly "Channel 38"), where it continues to run every Friday night.

JV's Restaurant

J V's Restaurant is a Falls Church and Fairfax County, Virginia institution that evolved from a strip mall eatery, founded in October 1947, into one of the Washington, D.C. region's premiere locations for live music, without losing its rustic atmosphere.

National Equality March

Lawrence Webb – first openly gay, African-American elected official in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Falls Church City Council member

Nicholas F. Benton

Nicholas F. Benton is the founder, owner, and editor of the Falls Church News-Press, a weekly merchandiser distributed in Falls Church, Virginia, and in parts of Fairfax County, Arlington County, and Washington D.C.


see also

Heritage College

Heritage College & Heritage Institute in Denver, Colorado, Kansas City, Missouri, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Fort Myers, Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, Falls Church, Virginia, Manassas, Virginia, and Wichita, Kansas

Hijackers in the September 11 attacks

Nawaf al-Hazmi and Hani Hanjour, attended the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Virginia in early April 2001 where the Imam Anwar al-Awlaki preached.

Old Fairfax County Jail

After Morgan's death, the Falls Church chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution took up the effort with a letter to Morgan's son, requesting the will.