Herndon
Charles V. Mauro
Charles V. Mauro
Fairfax County, Virginia
Charles Mauro is the author of The Civil War in Fairfax County: Civilians and Soldiers, in which he has given voice to the heretofore silent majority of the participants in the Civil War: the civilians.
Mr. Mauro is also the author and photographer of Herndon: A Town and Its History and Herndon: A History in Images. He received the coveted Nan Netherton Heritage Award in 1999 for his historical research, writing, and photography of The Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill), A Monumental Storm. He is also the writer and co-producer for the independent movie The Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill).
For Fairfax County Stories 1607 – 2007, Mr. Mauro wrote about the daily lives of a few of the citizens of Herndon, Virginia, in his story "Herndon."