Falls Church Offers Scavenger Hunt For 75th Anniversary

FALLS CHURCH, VA — Falls Church residents can brush up on their city history while earning the chance to become a 2024 Taste of Falls Church judge.

The City of Falls Church is hosting a "Then vs. Now" Scavenger Hunt to celebrate its 75th anniversary. The scavenger hunt will have participants explore the early days of Falls Church when it was founded as an independent city in 1948.

Participants can use the scavenger hunt form on their phone or printed out to find the locations of eight pictures and clues from Falls Church's history. When you find each location, take a picture to compare what they looked like then and now.

Once the scavenger hunt is complete, email the pictures you took or show them to staff at the Falls Church Community Center. All completed scavenger hunts are entered into a raffle to be a judge at the 2024 Taste of Falls Church. Another "small, sweet prize" will be provided at the community center, while supplies last.

Families and groups can participate in the scavenger hunt together, but participating members should be pictured in most photos taken in the scavenger hunt.

This is the sixth time the city's Recreation and Parks Department has hosted a scavenger hunt since 2020. Other scavenger hunts have included the Historic Scavenger Hunt in June 2020, Hallow-scream Hunt in October 2020, Heartfelt Hunt in February 2021, Memorial Day Scavenger Hunt in May 2021, and Independence Day Scavenger Hunt in July 2021.