Resolution to Encourage the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority to Purchase the Johnson Property on Tinner Hill to Honor Those Who Fought Segregation, Pub. L. No. Res. 99-22 (1999).

Title: Resolution to Encourage the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority to Purchase the Johnson Property on Tinner Hill to Honor Those Who Fought Segregation, Pub. L. No. Res. 99-22 (1999).
Repository: Mary Riley Styles Public Library - Falls Church History Room
Date Created: 1999
Creator: City Council of Falls Church
Description: Resolution passed by the City Council for the purchase of land owned by the City of Falls Church and County of Fairfax. Utilizing the NOVA Regional Park Authority to maintain the land. The land would have had the former Tinner home rebuilt and used as a museum after 2000. Today the Tinner land holds the Tinner Hill Historic Park with the Zig Zag monument, and the sunken foundation of the original Joseph Tinner home.
Research Themes: Tinner Hill
Falls Church
City Council of Falls Church
Tinner Family
Henderson Family
Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation
Black organizing
Resistance to displacement
Type: Document
Researcher Name: Jacob Connelly
Relation: Tinner Hill Deed Signing Ceremony February 1, 2000 Speech by Edwin Bancroft Henderson, II
Bibliographic Citation: Resolution to Encourage the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority to Purchase the Johnson Property on Tinner Hill to Honor Those Who Fought Segregation, Pub. L. No. Res. 99-22 (1999).