Lisa Sievel-Otten, City of Manassas Community Development Administrative Assistant, has authored her second book and is donating all proceeds to Liberia Plantation restoration efforts.
Manassas, a new book that gives a glimpse into life in post-Civil War Manassas through vintage post cards, tells surprising stories from the emerging town and about the creation of the Manassas National Battlefield Park. Only a decade before, early Manassas residents had been on opposing sides of a deadly battle. And yet they came together in the 1870s to build a town and a sense of community. Many of the book’s images exist only in post cards. Without these post cards, no visual record of many Manassas buildings, sites, and streetscapes would remain.
“In a time when instant communication meant walking down the street to a neighbor’s house to deliver some news, Manassas citizens also helped to build a strong community by joining churches and civic organizations,” said Sievel-Otten. “Much of the town turned out for school concerts and ball games, Dairy Festivals and Horse Shows.”
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