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In what year did Marymount University first accept male students in programs other than nursing, in effect going “Co-ed?”
Marymount was the first Catholic college to be established in Virginia. It was founded by nuns in 1950 as a two-year women’s college.
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What animals escaped from the Luna Park amusement park in 1906 sparking a hunt through the area to recapture them?
Four elephants—Annie, Tommie, Jennie, and Queenie—somehow were startled, stampeded, and escaped.
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What African-American neighborhood was separated from its white neighbors by a brick and concrete wall built in the 1930s?
Arlington County destroyed some of the wall in 1966. Arlington erected a historical sign in 2016 to honor the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Hall’s Hill. A storm in 2019 destroyed another section.
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When did Arlington county first get its general shape?
The land that includes present-day Arlington County (along with the City of Alexandria) was ceded to the federal government to become part of the new Federal District.
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What is the oldest standing structure in the county?
Architectural historians estimate that the house was built sometime around 1750. It was built by John Ball, the brother of Moses, and it was donated to AHS in 1975 by Marion Sellers.
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From what country did many immigrants to Arlington flee in the 1980s because of civil war?
According to the 2010 census, 3.4% of Arlington’s population was Salvadoran. One of Arlington’s sister cities is San Miguel, El Salvador.
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Where did the largest shootout in Arlington history between lawmen and gamblers occur?
The 1896 shootout was at Nelson’s Saloon in Jackson City which was at the Virginia end of the Long Bridge. The shoot out is the subject of a new book “Shoot Out at Jackson City”
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Arlington public schools began to desegregate in 1959. In what year were the LAST two public schools desegregated?
Drew Elementary School and Hoffman-Boston Elementary School were the last two schools in Arlington to be desegregated.
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What building in Arlington County had the first telephone?
The telephone was installed in 1894. It was only connected to Saegmuller’s nearby Easter Spring Farm.
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This once forgotten African-American neighborhood existed in North Arlington from before the Civil War and was near where the Chain Bridge is now. What was it called?
The Bottom existed from 1850-1950 but residents were forced out by institutional racism and federal highway construction.
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