In 1918, fourteen men established the Halls Hill Volunteer Fire Department to protect this largely African American community. While all firefighters donned bu... 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...
Over the past 150 years, the Febrey-Lothrup Estate has graced the Upton Hill neighborhood of Arlington. Despite war, twentieth-century alterations, and major d... Read More...
This presentation explores segregation and racialized zoning and planning laws in Arlington to see how these policies impacted the county’s suburban growth fro... 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 Saturday May 21 2016, retired firefighters who served at Arlington Virginia's historic Fire Station 8 in the Hall's Hill neighborhood were honored at an eve... Read More...
Charlie Clark spokes about a dark chapter of Arlington's History involving the Arlington Nazi Party at a meeting of the Arlington Committee of 100. Following ... Read More...
Four organizations focused on history in Arlington jointly hosted a House History Workshop on November 5. The workshop was designed to help Arlington residents... Read More...
A segment of AVN's monthly magazine show, "Here/now", "Artscape" takes a look at all things cultural around Arlington. In this episode, we look at a group who ... Read More...
