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Aurora Hills Wreath Sale to Benefit AHS and AFAC

AnnetteOctober 11, 2020

The annual Aurora Hills women's Club Wreath and Home Decor Sale will again benefit the historic Hume School, where the Arlington Historical Museum in housed and the Arlington Food Assistance Center. Each year for at least, a decade, becau... Read More...

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Virtual Exhibit: A Short History of Voting in Arlington

AnnetteOctober 4, 2020

Arlington citizens lined up to vote at fire stations in Arlington, 1944 (Both photos courtesy Library of Congress) Many Americans have had to fight to get to vote. The 15th Constitutional Amendment adopted in 1870 granted all men r... Read More...

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Virtual Exhibit: Crepe Upon the Doors: Epidemics in Arlington County

AnnetteApril 4, 2020

Today, battling Corona Virus, the government asks Arlingtonians to shutter businesses, cultural facilities, and schools and requests residents stay at home in order to stop the spread of this highly contagious pathogen. Epidemics swept through A... Read More...

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Virtual Exhibit: 1920s Arlington in a Dozen Objects

AnnetteMarch 20, 2020

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 exhibiting artifacts from the 1920s? In March 1920, our county was named Arlington county. It ha... Read More...

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