1852-1900 – Page 2 – Arlington Historical Society

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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Civil War Colored Troops (2020)

AnnetteSeptember 12, 2020

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...

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Shoot Out at Jackson City (2020)

AnnetteSeptember 11, 2020

George Axiotis, local historian and author discusses the true story of an eager Deputy Sheriff who went to do the right thing but got himself and his posse int... Read More...

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Arlington’s Civil War (2013)

AnnetteMay 31, 2020

Warren Nelson, Chairman of the Arlington County Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee, hosts several short videos discussing different aspects of how the Civil ... Read More...

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Arlington’s War: The Capture of Alexandria County (2020)

AnnetteMay 31, 2020

On May 23rd, 1861, the people of Virginia ratified the Ordinance of Secession, formally entering the Civil War on the side of the new Confederate States of Ame... Read More...

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Civil War Songs and Letters (2014)

AnnetteMay 9, 2020

This is Arlington Independent Media's coverage of Guillotine Theatre with Dead Men's Hollow, performing many of the Civil War songs that would have been heard ... Read More...

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Freedmen’s Village Part 2 (2009)

AnnetteApril 15, 2020

This is a studio interview with Dr. Talmadge Williams, Chairman of the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington and explores the legacy of Freedmen's Village. Par... Read More...

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