This is 30 minutes of highlights from the Washington-Lee (now Liberty) High School football season in 1968. The first few seconds are a little rough with some... 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...
Bobco85 filmed this historical bicycle tour of Arlington in 2015. This bike ride is 9 minutes and 21 seconds that are packed with 31 historical sites, parks, a... Read More...
On September 10, 2020, AHS hosted a virtual presentation by Richard Samp who told the story of how an Arlington family's need for child care ultimately became ... 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...
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...
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...
