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September is full of opportunities to learn more about Arlington's fascinating history:
- Arlington History: Queen City
On Monday, Sept. 19, The Virginia Room's Arlington Reunion History Program will host a community discussion on "Queen City," Arlington's black community after Freedman's Village and before the Pentagon, at the Central Library Auditorium, from...
- Arlington Historical Society Presents: Black Entrepreneurship In Segregated Arlington
Join us Thursday, Jan, 20, 7:00 p.m. at Central Library for "Black Entrepreneurship in Segregated Arlington County, Virginia," presented by Nancy Perry, on behalf of the Arlington Historical Society. Arlington County was segregated since its founding...
- Around The Library: Weekly Update For Sept. 30 - Oct. 5
Welcome back to Around the Library - a weekly roundup of postings from our Library program blogs, including Our Back Pages, Tots To Tweens and TATAL. The Virginia Room: Our Back Pages: Stories, Scenes and Events from Arlington's Past Haunted Arlington:...
- "the History Of Women's Clubs In Arlington" - 03/11
You are cordially invited the join the Arlington Historical Society at Central Library for their Women's History Month program: "The History of Women's Clubs in Arlington: You've Come a Long Way, Baby!" Arlington County has a long tradition...
- Arlington Historical Society Lecture: 'subversive Arlington' - 01/14
Join us at Central Auditorium Thursday, Jan. 14, from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. for a lecture titled Subversive Arlington: The American Nazi party and Gang Warfare of the 1960s, with local historian Charles Clark, author of several articles for Arlington Historical...
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- Monday, Sept. 12 - Ed Bearss: The Role of Northern VA in the Civil War. Bearss, a resident of Arlington, is the retired chief historian for the National Park Service, and was featured in the Ken Burns PBS series "The Civil War."
- Thursday, Sept. 15 - Memories of Washington-Lee Highschool Through the Decades. Co-presented by the Arlington Historical Society and the Washington-Lee High School Alumni Association.
- Monday, Sept. 19 -Queen City Down the Road: Arlington's Black Community After Freedman's Village and Before the Pentagon. A community discussion hosted by The Virginia Room's Arlington Reunion History Program.
- The history of the Arlington Public Library
- The experiences of Arlington residents and first responders on Sept. 11, 2001.
- Arlington's heroes of desegregation
- Arlington History: Queen City
On Monday, Sept. 19, The Virginia Room's Arlington Reunion History Program will host a community discussion on "Queen City," Arlington's black community after Freedman's Village and before the Pentagon, at the Central Library Auditorium, from...
- Arlington Historical Society Presents: Black Entrepreneurship In Segregated Arlington
Join us Thursday, Jan, 20, 7:00 p.m. at Central Library for "Black Entrepreneurship in Segregated Arlington County, Virginia," presented by Nancy Perry, on behalf of the Arlington Historical Society. Arlington County was segregated since its founding...
- Around The Library: Weekly Update For Sept. 30 - Oct. 5
Welcome back to Around the Library - a weekly roundup of postings from our Library program blogs, including Our Back Pages, Tots To Tweens and TATAL. The Virginia Room: Our Back Pages: Stories, Scenes and Events from Arlington's Past Haunted Arlington:...
- "the History Of Women's Clubs In Arlington" - 03/11
You are cordially invited the join the Arlington Historical Society at Central Library for their Women's History Month program: "The History of Women's Clubs in Arlington: You've Come a Long Way, Baby!" Arlington County has a long tradition...
- Arlington Historical Society Lecture: 'subversive Arlington' - 01/14
Join us at Central Auditorium Thursday, Jan. 14, from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. for a lecture titled Subversive Arlington: The American Nazi party and Gang Warfare of the 1960s, with local historian Charles Clark, author of several articles for Arlington Historical...