Civil War Forum, Stealing a Woman's Purse and the Number of the Day

It’s Wednesday, Aug. 14. Here are five things you need to know. Tell us what we need to know on the Patch message board!

1. The Fairfax Station Railroad Museum is hosting a Civil War Forum "Military Actions Around the O&A Railroad 1862-64". Learn more here.

2. You Said It: “What kind of young man would hit a 71-year-old woman in the face?” — A reader responding to news that a teen had been charged with robbery after striking a woman and stealing her purse in a Food Lion parking lot.

3. ICYMI: Like to eat out in the Fairfax Station area? Here’s the latest restaurant inspection results for Starbucks, Davis’ General Store, the Country Club of Fairfax and more.

4. Number of the Day: 0.3 miles. That’s a rough estimate of the distance between the runway at Shannon Airport and a Fredericksburg Wawa gas station. A pilot made an emergency landing at the gas station when he realized he was desperately low on gas and feared he couldn’t make it to the runway without crashing.