February 18, 2015
Gloria Wiseman lives on the same Gum Springs property, purchased by her grandfather Hamilton Gray in October 1894.
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Faces of Gum Springs, Alexandria
Residents reflect on their historic community.
Of the current residents of Gum Springs, several hundred are descendants of the original families who bought land and settled in one of northern Virginia’s oldest and historically black communities.
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