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...
Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington unveiled the first edition of The Enslaved People of Arlington, Virginia: A Spreadsheet documenting the lives of over 1... 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...
The Arlington Historical Society, in collaboration with the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington (BHMA), has launched a new Arlington history project: Memoriali... Read More...
This Stories of Life episode features Brenda Cox, long time Arlington, Virginia resident. She describes growing up in Arlington in the 50's and 60's, life in s... Read More...
African Americans have played a foundational role in the creation, growth, and development of Arlington, Virginia. Although an underrepresented story of the Af... Read More...
Arlington citizens lined up to vote at fire stations in Arlington, 1944 (Both photos courtesy Library of Congress)
Many Americans have had to fi... Read More...
This African-American multigenerational storytelling event was sponsored by the Friends of the Arlington (VA) Public Library and was part of the Tell Arlington... Read More...
On February 2, 1959, four seventh grade students entered through the front doors of Stratford Junior High School. School was already in session as the students... Read More...
