It would be easy to drive past Ox Hill Battlefield Park in Chantilly, Virginia, and miss something extraordinary inside.
Not only is the small suburban park the sole Civil War battle site in Virginia’s most populous county, but it’s home to a first-of-kind interpretive sign.
The sign is bilingual, but not in English. There are other interpretive signs in English nearby, but this one is just written in Spanish and Korean.
“We didn’t want to just regurgitate the same story in Spanish and Korean,” said Drew Gruber, executive director of Civil War Trails, a program that worked with communities across six states o connect visitors with the history that happened there. “We tailored that story to the immigrant population of Fairfax (County).”
Not only does the Civil War Trails sign connect Fairfax County’s current residents and visitors to the story of the battle, but it also includes the experience of some Civil War soldiers who were non-native speakers.
Nearly one in every three Fairfax County residents was born outside the U.S., according to 2019 U.S. Census data. Additionally, 20% of the population identifies as Asian American, and 16.5% identify as Hispanic or Latino.
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