Join the Mount Vernon Regional Historical Society in learning about the history and growth of the McDonalds franchise in Fairfax County! In 1958, the Gee Gee Food Corporation opened the first McDonald’s in Virginia on Route 1 in Alexandria. Learn how they built the largest single franchise operation of the McDonalds chain in the nation until Ray Kroc bought them out in 1967.
Chris Barbuschak, a Fairfax County native with a passion for local history, is an archivist/librarian in Fairfax County Public Library’s Virginia Room. He gets paid to do what he loves: making Northern Virginia historical records and photographs publicly accessible and assisting researchers with their historical and genealogical quests. Outside of the library, he is always in search of the next best vintage diner to experience.
Aldersgate Church, Wesley Hall
1301 Collingwood Road
Alexandria, VA
