The History of Annandale

Listen to the story of Annandale, and learn more about it's history and why it's one of the most outstanding examples of diversity in all of Northern Virginia.

[@FlyingOverTr0ut]

The only thing historic for me about Annandale is the bitter depression I felt living there.

[@justinwang4565]

i love your videos and i love how you probably youtubed annandale to shit on this video

[@adamcolborn5111]

Bro what about the korean bbq

[@jaycee4504]

Lol .. it was kinda depressing for me to. But I have some good memories there back down Americana Dr and heritage shopping center used to have a dollar movie theater along with being AAA State Football Champions back in 91 and 92 back to back .. Which is pretty impressive cuz it's small

[@donnaadams5217]

Yeah thats true i,m from ANNAN IN DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY i looked into the old history of annan and saw several old photos of shop owners who soldup to emigratecto ANNANDALE we have a parade on the 1st saturday in july called RIDING OF THE MARCHES .

[@robert-trading-as-Bob69]

Annandale in Dumfries, Scotland is a lowlands town named after the valley and the river Annan that runs through it. King Robert the Bruce of Annandale. The Johnstones are the hereditary pipers of Annandale. My ancestors emigrated from the town from which their name comes from, Annandale, to England in the late 1700s or early 1800s. Their oldest son George Annandale emigrated to South Africa with the 1820 Settlers. He married a Boer woman, Johanna de Beer, and the descendants fought against the British in both Anglo-Boer Wars.

[@talkingwithtangi2914]

Very interesting. She is truly a great and captivating storyteller. I enjoyed listening to her give them history of such a mundane place.

[@stephanievo4395]

I've been in Annandale since I was born in 1989, and I've watched it slowly change from the quiet town it was in the 90's to the Korea-town it is today.

[@vaccinatedanti-vaxxer]

I grew up in annandale in the 1990s as a korean (attended annandale terrace elementry and poe middle). I remember the first time I shot a gun was at a run down gun range in an old house in annadale on the same parking lot as the giant on littleriver trnpk. Down stairs, there were lanes people brought their own guns and shoot paper targets. Back then the only korean grocery stores were lotte in Fairfax off rt50 and lucky world on loemanns plaza in falls church. There were korean businesses in annandale since before I lived there but it wasn't dominated by korean bussiness like it is now, Centerville was not koreantown like annandale was back then. In middle school, I would get picked up with other korean kids to go to kendo academy after school. The wife of the master was the driver. Annandale high school won 2 state championships back to back in the 1990s, so football was big back then. The Halloween parade was the best in the early 90s, they used to give out lots of gifts, I participated in it once as a boys scout. The first apartment I lived in was Fairmount gardens, it was a lot of crime going on there. Once in Wedgewood west, where we lived later a man pointed a pistol through the window at us kids. About 10 years ago I worked as a substitute teacher for fcps. Got a chance to see my old schools, demographics has changed. When I was a student, more than half the students were white and plenty of korean students. When I was a sub, I saw mostly Hispanics and almost no asian students in annandale terrace and nearby schools. When I tell newer nova residents Arlington used to be the hood, for instance Clarendon was "little saigon", roslyn was full of pawn shops and sketchy used car dealerships... they can hardly believe it. I think the annandale I knew growing up will also eventually turn into Loudon County with sterile cookie cutter businesses and homes.

[@mosart9689]

Well spoken!

[@phelpsmarc]

Does anyone know how old the bldg. At the intersection of 236 and Backlick Rd is? It's a clothing shop. It looks like Civil War era

[@pamthetraveler7224]

Good question. Francis Tailor, my dad used to buy his suits and shirts and get repairs there up until he moved in the 90s. I was shocked when they shoved a Jiffy Lube behind it, its so cute on the corner but I would also like to know its history.