Many people of national importance make their home in Northern Virginia. There are many more, born and raised here, who are well known to locals. Become acquainted with a selection of iconic Virginians, with varying personalities and a variety of fulfilling lives. Read about Geraldine Brooks, Roger Mudd and General George C. Marshall, as well as local heroes. Journalist Joe Motheral met and interviewed them all over the course of his long career, and now he tells their stories.