Historic Gardening at Arlington House
History reenactor and Friends of Urban Agriculture volunteer gardener at Arlington House, Sandy Newton, discusses the ... 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...
Little has been written about the Jewish Community in Arlington, especially before World War II. Our speaker, Jessica Kaplan, shares her research about Jewish ... Read More...
Did you know that Clarendon tried to secede from Arlington County to become its own municipality? The resulting court case in 1922 helped make Arlington w... Read More...
Selina Gray (1823 – 1907) has a public square named for her in Arlington. You may remember her as the enslaved woman at Arlington House who saved George Washin... Read More...
Columnist, author, and local historian Charlie Clark discusses his recently released book: "George Washington Parke Custis: A Rarefied Life in America's First ... Read More...
