Events for April 19 - January 18

  • 15-Minute History: 1961 Arlington Transportation Planning with David Pearson

    Arlington Historical Museum 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road, Arlington, United States

    Join David Pearson, former AHS president, to learn about how Arlington County planned transportation in the early 1960s and what we now have as a result. Our speaker will use the maps in the current Map Exhibit on the second floor to explain the first General Land Use Plan (GLUP), show what was built, paths […]

  • History of Slavery on Roosevelt Island Walking Tour

    Theodore Rosevelt Island Pedestrian Bridge Theodore Roosevelt Island, Washington, DC, United States

    See Theodore Roosevelt Island with a new lens. Walk the places where enslaved people lived and worked on "Mason's Island" plantation from 1792-1860s. This guided walking tour is sponsored by […]

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