F.C. Women’s History Walk Set for March 31

Falls Church’s 2018 Women’s March. (Photo: J. Michael Whalen)

With 2019 marking the beginning of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, a coalition of women leaders in Falls Church has organized a one-mile walk through downtown Falls Church for Sunday, March 31, beginning at 1 p.m., kicking off from the community park at the Lincoln at Tinner Hill, between S. Washington and S. Maple, and ending at the Cherry Hill Farmhouse by City Hall.

Honorary grand marshals will be standpoint women Falls Church leaders Nikki Graves Henderson, Lindy Hockenberry, Laura Hull and Jane Scully.

Organizers of the event include Henderson, Rebecca Tinner Stotts, Irena Chambers and Tori McKinney, City Treasurer Jody Acosta, Vice Mayor Marybeth Connelly, Council members Letty Hardi and School Board members Erin Gill, Shannon Litton and Shawna Russell.

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