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    • IX. Since World War II
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    • How to Document Your Own Property’s History
    • Renovate Your Home and Get a Tax Credit
    • List of Links for Preservation Research
    • Images of Arlington County 1920
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    • Contents of Arlington Historical Magazine
      • Instructions for Authors
    • Newsletters
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    • Birch Family Collection: Part of Arlington’s Oldest Family
    • Eric Dobson Collection: A Tragedy on North Taylor Street
    • Bud Dougherty Collection: Disaster on the USS Forrestal
    • Hank Gordon Collection: From Arlington Little League Catcher to Virginia Tech Slugger
    • Wayne Hager Collection: Remembering a “Gang War” in Arlington
    • Bernie Kirchner Collection: Pride of Yorktown Sports
    • Images of Arlington County 1920
    • W-L Three-Sport Letterman Richard “Biff” Johnson’s Scrapbook
    • Clayton “Cookie” Powell: A Star Athlete Transfers from Hoffman-Boston to Wakefield
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    • Wood Family Collection: William “Brick” Wood
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The Fastest Growing County in America: Suburbanization, Segregation, and Community Development in Arlington

AnnetteNovember 20, 2020
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...
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African-American Storytelling (2011)

AnnetteAugust 14, 2020
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...
1940-19591960-198920th CenturyAfrican American ExperienceHigh View ParkNauckOral HistoryPenrosePeopleQueen CityVideo0 Comments0 views

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