Flashback Monday: Reston: The Volksmarch

Here's an interesting find from the Earth-Toned Wayback Machine: A brochure for a fancy "Volksmarch" held in Reston back in 1985! Unlike more recent marches with a German theme, "volksmarches" were relaxed community hikes with no military presence -- though the die-hards did wear patches and get little passbooks stamped when they finished their march stroll, all in the spirit of Teutonic recordkeeping precision.

Apparently the theme was "Reston: A New Town With Old Trees," and a contest was held to replace the question mark in the center of the logo with something more Reston-y. We're guessing there were images of trees involved and that the color scheme was appropriately earth-toned.

As a brief aside, your Restonian remembers walking in this very Volksmarch back in 1985, most likely under protest while listening to a fancy off-brand Walkman with a U2 cassingle in it or something, the end.