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...
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...
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...
Daniel Gessel is the producer and director of this film. He is a student at H-B Woodlawn and is also a Life Scout at Scouts BSA Troop 149 in Cherrydale. He pro... 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...
