by Craig Gralley | Feb 26, 2018 | Virginia Hall
My Search for Virginia Hall . . . first began in the archives of my former employer, the CIA. Virginia: The Pirate Chief My first thought: Were there clues in Virginia’s childhood that predicted her success as a spy? The Roland Park School yearbook showed young...
by Craig Gralley | Feb 14, 2018 | Virginia Hall
Growing up, Virginia Hall led a charmed life. She spent summers in Europe and on the family’s 110-acre Box Horn farm on the outskirts of Baltimore. She went to the exclusive Roland Park Country School for Girls, then Radcliffe and Barnard. After graduating...
by Craig Gralley | Feb 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
Growing up, Virginia led a charmed life. She spent summers in Europe and on the family’s 110-acre Box Horn farm on the outskirts of Baltimore. She went to the exclusive Roland Park Country School for Girls, then Radcliffe and Barnard. After graduating from...
by Craig Gralley | Feb 4, 2018 | Virginia Hall
Virginia Hall: Arming and Directing the French Resistance On the eve of the D-Day invasion, Virginia Hall was organizing airdrops of arms to newly organized resistance movements in the Haute Loire region of France. Her mission was to aid and direct the Resistance to...
by Craig Gralley | Feb 4, 2018 | Virginia Hall
Early Life To escape the summer heat of Baltimore, Virginia’s parents, Ned and Barbara, purchased a home on 110 acres in Parkton, Maryland. Box Horn Farm had electricity and water but no central heat. After Ned’s tragic death in 1930, the family moved to...
