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Modern Stafford
1968 - Present Day
The completion of Interstate 95 in the 1960s fueled growth which led to a dramatic increase of Stafford’s population, transforming the county into a bedroom community for Washington, DC.
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1968
Today
The Civil Rights
Act of 1968
1969
Moon Landing
1974
President Nixon’s
Resignation
1989
Fall of the
Berlin Wall
1990
The Gulf
War
1991
2001
9/11
Terrorist
Attacks
2011
War in Afghanistan
2003
Space Shuttle
Columbia Disaster
2021
2020
COVID-19
Pandemic
The Iraq War
2008
Financial Crisis
Barack Obama
elected President
Cold War
ends
2016
Donald Trump
elected
President
2022
Supreme Court
overturns
Roe v. Wade
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