Mary Blackburn:  

Life Hello all! I attended FCHS from '75-79 while my dad was stationed in DC. I worked several part-time jobs during high school–at Hardee’s by Tyson’s Corner, at the Jefferson Library on Arlington Blvd, and I had a morning paper route delivering the Wash Post. At FCHS, I remember watching proudly as our awesome marching band performed; remember Keith “Do It” Pruitt and the famous guillotine? I remember the winter ’78 football game between FCHS and Fort Hunt. I went to the game as a birthday/sleepover with a group of friends from the opposing school. I was razzed when I sat on the Fort Hunt side and cheered for Falls Church, and was further razzed all night when we whipped Fort Hunt. Oh, I recall the blizzard of ’79: shoveling all that snow, trying to deliver newspapers in it, and "snow days." 2 of my close friends in high school were Stacey Taylor and Patrick McNamara. I haven’t kept in touch with them, although I do still write to that girl from Fort Hunt....Expand for more