First Meeting Held on November 6
The United States of America will be 250 years old in 2026. Celebrations are being planned around the country, Virginia, an... 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...
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...
The ceremony commemorating "Arlington’s Naming Centennial: 1920-2020: Looking Both Ways" was held on November 19, 2021. The Arlington County Board, the County ... Read More...
This video describes the Nauck/Green Valley Community, past and present. It features, Dr. Alfred Taylor, author and educator; Portia Clark, President of the Gr... Read More...
"Untold" is a monthly series, produced by author, activist, and Arlington native, Wilma Jones. Through stories, interviews, and archival material, Ms. Jones ta... Read More...
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...
This B&W silent recording documents the official test flight of the Wright Brothers' military airplane at Fort Myer on July 27, 1909. The aircraft was pil... 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...
