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Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/12/2023
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Location
Reinsch Library Auditorium, Marymount University

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This program is free and open to the public. You can attend via Zoom or in-person. See details below on both ways to attend.

What was the true motivation for Alexandria County separating itself from the District of Columbia in 1846-47? To preserve slavery, or to better control its economic development? What key role was played by Arlington House creator George Washington Parke Custis? Come hear history-lover and writer Charlie Clark examine the riddle.

Attend via Zoom or In-Person

PREREGISTER FOR ZOOM ACCESS. You can attend this event on either Zoom or in-person on the Marymount University Main Campus.  If you want to attend this event virtually, please use this link to register. You can also cut and paste the following URL into your browser: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmr_XjdcybF2riESTFb1hWP-yncysGSB5E67kqTcfyC1dJ3w/viewform?usp=sf_link

Please register by Wednesday, January 11:  Zoom access information sent to you the morning of the event on Thursday, January 12.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS and FREE PARKING: Attendees planning to attend the event in-person should enter the Marymount University campus at the library gate on N. 26th Street. From Glebe Road going north, take a right onto 26th Street. Pass the intersection with Yorktown Road and then enter the campus through the next gate on your left. The library is to your left as you enter the campus. Free garage parking is just past the library at the bottom of the small incline. (Handicapped parking is immediately to your right as you enter the campus.)

  • NEW: If the University has lowered the garage gates, push the button and let them know you’re here for an Arlington Historical Society event in the library. To leave, push the button and they’ll raise the gate.

This event is one of the monthly series of public programs sponsored by the Arlington Historical Society and Marymount University’s Department of History and Politics. For more information, please email: info@arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org.