2026-06-28 1:29 PM

From the Front Page: Ladies in White

(Photo: J. Michael Whalen)

THE GRAND MARSHALS for Falls Church’s Women’s History Walk all gathered for a photo in Big Chimneys Park on Sunday. Marie Hirst Yochim was honored posthumously, with a relative standing in (far left). The remaining grand marshals were (from left to right): Alma Amaker, Doris Newcomb, Mary Ellen Shaw, Sally Phillips and Ellen Salsbury.

SOME BONUS SCENES from the Women’s History Walk this past Sunday. The top photo is of one of the docent stations outside of Falls Church’s City Hall, while the bottom photo shows the “Entrepreneurial Women’s Wall” along S. Maple Avenue.

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