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...
Five years after its keel was laid down the USS Arlington finally sailed into its home port of Norfolk Virginia where it was commissioned into active service i... Read More...
Officers
On May 13, 2021, a quorum of the membership of the Arlington Historical Society voted for this slate of officers and members of the Board of Direct... Read More...
County Manager Mark Schwartz compares a snapshot of Arlington from 100 years ago and today’s Arlington. Arlington County began as a rural area of farms — the l... Read More...
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...
This is rare recovered 8 mm footage of leisure time in Arlington. The film was acquired and is narrated by Charlie Clark, local historian, journalist, and aut... Read More...
On February 2, 1959, four seventh grade students entered through the front doors of Stratford Junior High School. School was already in session as the students... Read More...
This silent film shows the W&OD railroad, both on the train and watching it pass by. You can catch images of Rosslyn's Hot Shoppe and briefly, the Arlingto... Read More...
The video owners prefer that viewers watch the video on You Tube. Click here to go to You Tube to watch it: An Ordinary Hero
The amazing true story of... Read More...
On Saturday May 21 2016, retired firefighters who served at Arlington Virginia's historic Fire Station 8 in the Hall's Hill neighborhood were honored at an eve... Read More...