We appreciate having you as a member of AHS! Your support and loyalty empower us to build knowledge of Arlington’s diverse history in our community. This year, your dues helped us renovate and create a new permanent exhibit at the AHS Museum, keep our two museums and monthly lecture series free, and upgrade our website.
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Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington now has its own website.
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Virgil P. Corbett (1827 – 1875) was a farmer, lawyer, politician, inventor, and businessman who called Arlington his home during the years before and after the Civil War. Originally from New York, Corbett is perhaps best known for creating some of the first maps of what we now call Arlington County and its surrounding areas during the Civil War, including Sketch of the Seat of War in Alexandria & Fairfax Counties (1861) and his Map of the Seat of War Showing the Battles of July 18th and 21st, 1861 (1861).
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The Arlington Historical Society (AHS) Museum, after closing last summer for essential preservation and renovation work, reopened on Saturday, May 3, 2025.
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