Recently, Congressman Don Beyer asked the Arlington Historical Society for historical perspective on Arlington House. Here is the full statement that AHS provi... 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...
The year is 1941. Pearl Harbor has been bombed and the nation will soon be at war. The War Department will take over Arlington Hall and military personnel an... Read More...
(This article is an excerpt courtesy of "All Not So Quiet Along the Potomac: The Civil War in Northern Virginia & Beyond" by Ron Baumgarten. It was origina... Read More...
Parkington Shopping Center opened in 1951 and was one of the first major suburban shopping centers in the Washington D.C. area. It was the first shopping cente... Read More...
Christmas at Arlington House
(This article is courtesy of the National Park Service and is an excerpt from their longer article. The en... Read More...
This was originally published in the Arlington Historical Magazine in 1974. It is a compilation of information from the research conducted by Frances C. Bell, ... Read More...