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SUMMARY:New Exhibit: First in Frame: Arlington's Earliest Residents
DESCRIPTION:Discover the people who helped shape Arlington. This exhibit highlights early landowners and settlers whose decisions and choices laid the foundation for the county we know today.  \nThe Arlington Historical Museum is commemorating 250+ years of local history. This exhibit is upstairs on the 2nd floor of the museum. \nThe Museum is open Saturdays 10-4 PM and Sundays 1-4 PM. \nIt’s FREE!
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/new-exhibit-first-in-frame-arlingtons-earliest-residents/
LOCATION:Arlington Historical Museum\, 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road\, Arlington\, 22207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits,Geography,VA250
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SUMMARY:New Exhibit: Mapping the Federal City\, 1791: Arlington in the Original District
DESCRIPTION:Step into the moment Arlington helped shape the nation’s capital. In 1791\, surveyors under President George Washington mapped a 100-square-mile federal district along the Potomac River\, placing forty sandstone boundary stones; some of which still stand in Arlington today. Learn about the people who surveyed and mapped this land. \nThe Arlington Historical Museum is commemorating 250+ years of local history. This exhibit is upstairs on the 2nd floor of the museum. \nThe Museum is open Saturdays 10-4 PM and Sundays 1-4 PM. \nIt’s FREE!
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/new-exhibit-mapping-the-federal-city-1791-arlington-in-the-original-district/
LOCATION:Arlington Historical Museum\, 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road\, Arlington\, 22207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits,Geography,VA250
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SUMMARY:Ball-Sellers House Spring Celebration with Glencarlyn Community Garden
DESCRIPTION:The Ball-Sellers House and the Glencarlyn Community Garden celebrate gardening. Free guided tours of the c. 1750 farmhouse from 10 AM – 4 PM. \nAt 1:00 PM: find out what the residents of this 276-year-old home planted in their kitchen garden over the years. Sandy Newton\, Lead Gardener at Arlington House and re-enactor at Mt\, Vernon will discuss colonial and early American gardens\, the Civil War and Depression era gardening\, Victory Gardens of WWII\, and more! She’ll show you the plants and historic plots within the Ball-Sellers House kitchen garden. \nTwo locations: Ball-Sellers House and around the corner at the\nGlencarlyn Library. FREE!
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/ball-sellers-house-spring-celebration-with-glencarlyn-community-garden/
LOCATION:Ball-Sellers House\, 5620 3rd Street\, South\, Arlington VA 22204\, VA\, 22312\, United States
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SUMMARY:Julia Sues for Freedom: A Play
DESCRIPTION:An original scripted reenactment brings history alive!\nJoin us for an original performance depicting an 1842 trial – Julia Roberts v. Austin Adams and Anne Harding – in which Julia Roberts\, an enslaved woman\, sues to win her freedom.  This script is based on original documents\, notes on the testimony from the 1842 trial\, and research by Jessica Kaplan\, Zachary Newkirk\, and the Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington team. Julia Sues for Freedom is a partnership between the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington and Guillotine Theatre\, with the support of the Arlington Historical Society. \nBe part of the story\, be part of the jury! We will be asking attendees to be part of the jury. If you would like to be on the jury\, let us know when you arrive. \nCast:\n\nLisa Hill Corley as Julia\nKen Jackson as Attorney Christopher Neale\nRicardo Frederick Evans as Attorney Robert J. Brent\nScott Taylor as Judge William Cranch\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \n \nLisa Hill Corley as Julia \n \nKen Jackson as Attorney Christopher Neale \n \nRicardo Frederick Evans as Attorney Robert J. Brent \n \nScott Taylor as Judge William Cranch \n 
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/julia-sues-for-freedom/
LOCATION:Arlington Central Library Auditorium\, 1015 N. Quincy St.\, Arlington\, VA\, 22201\, United States
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