David Peterson

Kudos to VDOT crews and staff!

@ryanmiller_wx nice description of sleet this morning. It's definitely sleet out here in Gainesville, VA right now!

@ChuckBell4 Only about 1-2 inches of snow right now, but it's turned into sleet here in Gainesville, VA.

Conservation groups support lawsuit to block Prince William Digital Gateway wjla.com/news/local/six… Nice news story by @RebeccaTurcoTV from WJLA ABC7 in Washington, DC on one of the two lawsuits against the Prince William Digital Gateway data center project. This news story has some really excellent aerial shots of Manassas National Battlefield Park and the adjacent farmland which is under threat of being developed into the world's largest data center assemblage. This aerial footage gives you a sense of how well-preserved the historic viewshed still is around the battlefield's western border. This viewshed would dramatically change should the data center developments be allowed to proceed.

@AFmuseum @YouTube Why did you do the swap out? One aircraft was more historically significant?

(Archive Video)Timelapse of the L-2M Grasshopper swap out youtu.be/TLBrZHdQSDI?si… via @YouTube

December 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor and Oahu - 2nd Lt. Philip M. Rasmussen Dogfight Over Kaneohe. After shooting down one Japanese aircraft, Rasmussen was attacked by two Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero fighters. Gunfire and 20mm cannon shells ... nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-E…

Good one @MoletteGreen! You cracked me up "internal service degradation!" 🤣

Aurora as seen in Gainesville, VA tonight.

This was a very interesting post! Thought it would be of interest to many other folks. @history_dame blog.fold3.com/preserving-a-l…

The hit of the Sept 13, 2025 Antique and Classic Boat Society show in Moneta, VA. Is it a boat? Is it a car? No, it's a 1964 Amphicar! There were lines all morning long waiting for a chance to ride in the Amphicar! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphicar

@ManassasNPS is one of Prince William County, Virginia's crown jewels! 😀 As Prince William County charts its future, it's critical that our County's leaders remember this Park plays an important role in preserving both Civil War history and important wildland habitat! In June 2025, a friend and I hiked the Bridle Trail at the Park's Brawner Farm site. Everywhere we looked, the early summer wildflowers were in full bloom! This short video shows just a few of the many flower types we saw. The last slide has some links to @ManassasNPS resources if you wish to learn more about their efforts to protect plant and animal habitat within the Park.

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If you're interested in preserving and protecting Manassas National Battlefield Park, here are three great organizations that are worthy of your support @Battlefields

Today is #MemorialDay2025