Featured Stories – Arlington Historical Society

Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington (Updated!)

AnnetteApril 18, 2022

The Arlington Historical Society, in collaboration with the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington (BHMA), has launched a new Arlington history project: Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington. This project aims to recover the largely unknown history o... Read More...

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Preservation Education Program

AnnetteFebruary 21, 2022

The Arlington Historical Society has a preservation education program for homeowners, real estate agents, and home builders. The program provides resources for all and a starting place for Arlingtonians to begin educating themselves on what preserv... Read More...

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Preservation and Renovation of the Arlington Historical Museum

AnnetteJune 22, 2021

The Arlington Historical Society has been working with John Milner Associates Preservation, a division of MTFA Architecture, who conducted a feasibility study of our museum located in the 1891 Hume School. Our beloved museum is the oldest standi... Read More...

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Will You Have a Part in Victory? Arlington’s Caring Community Past and Present

AnnetteApril 10, 2020

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 and civilians will flood the county to begin work on the war effort. Arlington citizens beg... Read More...

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