Named in honor of Benita Fitzgerald-Brown
Olympic Gold Medalist - 100 Meter Hurdles
XXIII Olympiad - 1984
U. S. National Champion - 100 Meter Hurdles
1983 and 1986
Benita was born in Manassas, Virginia on July 6, 1961 and attended Prince William County
Schools until her graduation from Gar-Field Senior High School in 1979. An active citizen of
Dale City, she attended the First Mount Zion Baptist Church, was a member of the Daleites, the
Dale City Lassie League, the Gar-Field Symphonic Band and the National Honor Society. She
was a Women in Community Action debutante, a national merit achievement commended student
and a honorary member of Lioness International and Women in Community Action. She
graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1984 with a degree in industrial engineering and
married Laron Cregg Brown of Dayton, Ohio. Her parents Rodger and Fannie Fitzgerald are
Dale City residents.
Erected 1987