The year is 1941. Pearl Harbor has been bombed and the nation will soon be at war. The War Department will take over Arlington Hall and military personnel an... Read More...
AHS found this film footage on Ebay. It was identified as being taken in 1965 and was described as a family in Arlington, VA, preparing to go to church for an ... Read More...
Today, battling Corona Virus, the government asks
Arlingtonians to shutter businesses, cultural facilities, and schools and
requests residents stay at home in ... Read More...
The Arlington Historial Museum is closed during the corona virus emergency, but that doesn't mean you can't view the exhibit virtually!
Why are we exhibit... Read More...
Nancy Tate, co-chair of the 2020 Women’s Vote Centennial Initiative and former Executive Director of the national League of Women Voters, will describe what i... Read More...
Robert "Bob" Brosnan, retired director of Arlington County's Department of Community Planning, Housing and Development, is interviewed about his years in Arl... Read More...
At its annual banquet held on May 31, 2013, the Arlington Historical Society hosted CIA chief historian David Robarge who discussed Cold War spy cases that took... Read More...
When World War I broke out in Europe, Arlington's John Lyon jumped into action, traveling to France to serve as an ambulance driver. Later, when the United Stat... Read More...
For about 10 years following the fall of Saigon in April 1975, Arlington, Virginia, became a destination for Vietnamese immigrants fleeing communist rule. Attra... Read More...
