video – Page 4 – Arlington Historical Society

I Remember Warren

AnnetteFebruary 13, 2021

The Warren G. Stambaugh Memorial Foundation and the Arlington Historical Society are pleased to present this tribute to the Legacy of Warren G. Stambaugh and Fundraiser for the Arlington Historical Society Building Fund. Throughout his life, Dele... Read More...

DonatePeoplePreservationVideo0 Comments0 views

Monuments, Memory, and Meaning

AnnetteFebruary 13, 2021

In December of 2020, Rep. Don Beyer introduced a bill to rename “Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial,” by removing Lee’s name. A few days before, Lee’s statue was removed from the US Capitol. Denise Meringolo, a public history professor at t... Read More...

1852-19001901-1939African American ExperienceArlington HouseCivil WarVideo0 Comments0 views

A Snapshot of Arlington Through the 1920 Census

AnnetteFebruary 3, 2021

County Manager Mark Schwartz compares a snapshot of Arlington from 100 years ago and today’s Arlington. Arlington County began as a rural area of farms — the last of which closed in 1955 — and grew into a densely populated community with housing dev... Read More...

1901-1939Community DevelopmentPeopleVideo0 Comments0 views

Suffragist Night of Terror at Occoquan Workhouse (2020)

AnnetteDecember 15, 2020

Professor Alice Reagan tells the story behind women suffragists’ incarceration at the Occoquan Workhouse. In this virtual public event hosted by AHS in December 2020, Professor Reagan put the event into historical context of the confrontation betwe... Read More...

1901-1939VideoWomen0 Comments0 views

Historic Parallels Between COVID-19 and Section 27 of Arlington National Cemetery

AnnetteDecember 5, 2020

This is a recording of a presentation by author Ric Murphy hosted by the Arlington Historical Society on November 12, 2020. The establishment of Arlington National Cemetery is embedded in the internal conflict over America’s original sin: slaver... Read More...

1852-190019th CenturyAfrican American ExperienceArlington National CemeteryCemeteriesCivil WarFreedmen's VillageVideo0 Comments0 views

Highlights from the 1968 W-L HS Football Season

AnnetteNovember 26, 2020

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 technical bobbles but then the W-L cheerleaders start us off as they would have at any ga... Read More...

1960-1989RecreationSchoolsSportsVideo2 Comments0 views

The Fastest Growing County in America: Suburbanization, Segregation, and Community Development in Arlington

AnnetteNovember 20, 2020

This presentation explores segregation and racialized zoning and planning laws in Arlington to see how these policies impacted the county’s suburban growth from the 1900s to the 1970s. Our speaker will start at the turn of the last century when Arli... Read More...

1852-19001901-19391940-19591960-19891990-201619th Century20th CenturyAfrican American ExperienceCommunity DevelopmentEast ArlingtonFreedmen's VillageGreen Valley/NauckHigh View ParkHigh View Park/Hall's HillHousing PLanningNauckNeighborhoodsPenroseQueen CityVideo0 Comments0 views

Arlington Historical Bicycle Tour (2015)

AnnetteSeptember 20, 2020

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, and trails. If you want to do this self-guided tour yourself, directions and details on... Read More...

1990-201621st CenturyRecreationTourTransportationVideo0 Comments0 views

Runyon v McCrary: Desegregating Arlington Private Schools (2020)

AnnetteSeptember 12, 2020

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 a Spireme Court case to desegregate private schools. The US Supreme Court outlawed raci... Read More...

1960-198920th CenturyAfrican American ExperiencePeopleSchoolsVideo1 Comment0 views

Civil War Colored Troops (2020)

AnnetteSeptember 12, 2020

On August 3, 2020, the Arlington Historical Society hosted an online panel discussion by three local historians and reenactors, Edward W. Gantt, Ben Hawley, and Michael Schaffner who discussed African American regiments organized in what was then Al... Read More...

1852-1900African American ExperienceCivil WarMilitaryVideo0 Comments0 views