The Old Dominion's largest town, <br /> In Fairfax County lies: <br />One-half-hour's drive from Washington, <br /> Due west through open skies. <br />The 'Beltway' takes you close to it, <br /> And 'Sixty Six' does, too; <br />'One Twenty Three' is its 'main drag.' <br /> Yes, Maple Avenue. <br /> <br />The place is called Vienna, <br /> And they tell us it was named <br />To match Vienna, Austria, <br /> Whose beauty is so famed. <br />To check the beauty of our town, <br /> One looks around and sees <br />How homes, and lawns, and flowers blend <br /> With all our lovely trees. <br /> <br />Vienna really started growing <br /> Some twelve years ago; <br />And judging from the outcome, <br /> One could say it's not been slow. <br />The count is sixteen thousand now, <br /> With near twice that ahead; <br />But zoning's not for 'high rise, ' <br /> It's 'low density' instead. <br /> <br />Yes, that's the pattern we have set <br /> For our community, <br />To give our citizens the setting <br /> For tranquillity. <br /> <br />This town began in eighteen ninety <br /> With four hundred souls; <br />So, let's commemorate one of <br /> Our more important goals.. <br />Three quarters of a century, <br /> Incorporated now; <br />And in some special ways our town <br /> Has shown the others how. <br /> <br />Vienna Town is ours to have, <br /> To build, to shape.... and guide: <br />Such things which give us reason for <br /> Vienna civic pride. <br /> <br /> <br />(Written in Vienna, Virginia, to honor the Town's <br />75th Anniversary on June 2,1965)<br /><br />Frank V. Gardner<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/vienna-civic-pride/
