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Join us Monday, Sept. 12, 2011 at 7:00 p.m., for a lecture by Historian Ed Bearss on the role and strategic importance of Northern Virginia in the Civil War.
This program will take place in the Central Library Auditorium, and is co-sponsored by the Arlington Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee.
- Local History: Prohibition In Arlington, Nov. 10
On Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Central Library Auditorium, the Arlington Historical Society and Arlington Heritage Alliance will co-sponsor a local version of the PBS film series Prohibition, with a program entitled ?Prohibition in Arlington.? ...
- 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...
- Our Back Pages: Walker Chapel
Home to one of the earliest church congregations in Arlington County, the unique history of Walker Chapel is that of both change and tradition. Located at the present address of 4102 North Glebe Road, the original Walker Chapel was built in 1871, six...
- Where Can I Find The City Of Arlington?
Actually, there isn't one! No incorporated towns or cities lie within Arlington?s boundaries. "Arlington is an urban county of about 26 square miles located directly across the Potomac River from Washington DC. No incorporated towns or cities lie...
- Reminisce Society -- March 2013
The Ottumwa Public Library?s Reminisce Society, in conjunction with Humanities Iowa, is proud to host Civil War historian O.J. Fargo for a program on Tuesday, March 26th, at 10:00 a.m. in the library?s meeting room. Fargo?s presentation is entitled...
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Ed Bearss to Speak on Northern VA and the Civil War
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| Long Bridge - predecessor to the 14th Street Bridge - spanned the Potomac during the Civil War. In the distance, rural Arlington (then Alexandria County) was little more than trees and farms. In the foreground, Union troops stood guard 24 hours a day to prevent rebel troops from storming into the capital city. http://www.arlcivwar.net/index.htm |
Arlington was the South?the home of the war?s best known officer, Robert E. Lee, commanding general of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. But it was also the North?home for much of the war for the Union Army of the Potomac. That army marched back and forth across Arlington as it trained before marching off to battle?and commonly returning to Arlington soon thereafter.
Arlington County was also the land of freedom?the site of Freedman?s Village, one of the first efforts to prepare slaves for their new lives as free citizens of the republic. And communities of free African?Americans rapidly put down roots in Arlington even while the war raged. Read more on the Arlington Virginia Civil War site.Mr. 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."
This program will take place in the Central Library Auditorium, and is co-sponsored by the Arlington Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee.
- Local History: Prohibition In Arlington, Nov. 10
On Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Central Library Auditorium, the Arlington Historical Society and Arlington Heritage Alliance will co-sponsor a local version of the PBS film series Prohibition, with a program entitled ?Prohibition in Arlington.? ...
- 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...
- Our Back Pages: Walker Chapel
Home to one of the earliest church congregations in Arlington County, the unique history of Walker Chapel is that of both change and tradition. Located at the present address of 4102 North Glebe Road, the original Walker Chapel was built in 1871, six...
- Where Can I Find The City Of Arlington?
Actually, there isn't one! No incorporated towns or cities lie within Arlington?s boundaries. "Arlington is an urban county of about 26 square miles located directly across the Potomac River from Washington DC. No incorporated towns or cities lie...
- Reminisce Society -- March 2013
The Ottumwa Public Library?s Reminisce Society, in conjunction with Humanities Iowa, is proud to host Civil War historian O.J. Fargo for a program on Tuesday, March 26th, at 10:00 a.m. in the library?s meeting room. Fargo?s presentation is entitled...