User:Gum Springs Museum

The Gum Springs Museum was created by founding Director Ronald L. Chase in 1996 to authenticate the history of the historic community of Gum Springs Fairfax County Virginia. Gum Springs is the oldest African American community in Fairfax County, it was afree African American community predating the Civil War. The museums pourpose is to preserve the heritage, culture, artifacts, and traditions: to establish the Gum Springs Community as a historic lalndmark; to creat and stimulate communniity awareness, appreciation, and involvment in the important activity of preserving culture, and history. To serve as a repository whereby the community may display artifacts that embody the cultural values and world view of a people.