Historic Gardening at Arlington House
History reenactor and Friends of Urban Agriculture volunteer gardener at Arlington House, Sandy Newton, discusses the ... Read More...
For the past year, the Arlington Historical Society and the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington have collaborated on a project to recover the largely unknown hi... Read More...
The Arlington House, a distinctive landmark, is owned by the federal government and located in Arlington, Virginia. The estate was built for George Washi... Read More...
Johnathan Thomas treated the audience to a fun night of baseball history in Arlington, as seen through a collection of photos and stories from his family, frie... Read More...
In June 1960 biracial groups of college students entered drugs stores in Arlington and requested service at the stores’ lunch counters. The lunch counters prom... Read More...
Journalist and author Michael Lee Pope detailed the rise and fall of the last great political machine in Virginia. The organization rose to power during th... Read More...
Dr. Spencer Crew discussed how Freedmans Village was established and succeeded, its impact on those who lived in it, and its role in American history.
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What was the real reason Alexandria County separated itself from the District of Columbia in 1846-47? To preserve slavery, or to better control its economic de... Read More...
Many Arlingtonians have prepared histories tailored to their own neighborhoods, most—but not all of them—for civic associations. Below in the neighborhood name... Read More...
Did the enslaved try to flee from bondage?
From the earliest days of slavery, many of those enslaved were determined to seek freedom in any way possible.&nb... Read More...
