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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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...
In the early morning hours of May 24, 1861, Union soldiers in Arlington began a construction project that would last the entirety of the war and dominate the l... Read More...
The Director of the Arlington Historical Museum is housed in the historic Hume School, the oldest school house in the county. Built in 1891, it operated as a ... Read More...
The effort to preserve the Febrey-Lothrop estate renewed interest in the local Civil War history of Upton’s Hill. Straddling the border between Arlington and F... Read More...
In December of 2020, Rep. Don Beyer introduced a bill to rename “Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial,” by removing Lee’s name. A few days before, Lee’s... Read More...
This is a recording of a presentation by author Ric Murphy hosted by the Arlington Historical Society on November 12, 2020.
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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...
On August 3, 2020, the Arlington Historical Society hosted an online panel discussion by three local historians and reenactors, Edward W. Gantt, Ben Hawley, an... Read More...
