Events for April 4 - November 15, 2025

  • The Metro and Its Impact on Arlington

    Reinsch Library Auditorium, Marymount University 2807 North Glebe Road, Arlington

    Join us as we welcome author and historian Dr. Zachary Schrag for a discussion of the development of the Metro and its impact on Arlington. He is the author of […]

  • 15-Minute History: Spotlight on Irene Young and Women’s Suffrage

    Ball-Sellers House 5620 3rd Street, South, Arlington VA 22204, VA, United States

    Join us for a brief talk about Irene Ottillie Young, an owner of the house who was also a suffragist and fought for the right to vote for women. Annette […]

  • AHS is at Clarendon Day

    Clarendon Metro Park 3100 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA, United States

    AHS is helping Clarendon celebrate its history at Clarendon Day. Come by our table and get a free "Souvenir Guide from the 1915 Northern VIrginia Exposition." Stay for a story […]

  • 15-Minute History: Vice on the Virginia Shore

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

    Join us for a brief talk by the author of “Shootout at Jackson City,” George Axiotis, as he describes what life was like living outside the law in Rosslyn and […]

  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery Tour

    Mt. Olivet. United Methodist Church 1500 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA, United States

    The cemetery of the oldest church in the county is a museum with no walls. Each of the interred has a story and AHS is partnering with Mt. Olivert United […]

  • Webinar: Memorializing the Enslaved of Arlington

    The lives of Margaret Hyson and her children George and Charlotte – three people enslaved in what is now the Yorktown neighborhood in the 1800s - had previously been unknown. […]

  • AHS is at Causes & Cocktails

    Westin Crystal City Reagan National Airport 1800 Richmond Highway, Arlington, VA, United States

    Join us on October 7 from 5:30–7:00 p.m. at the Westin Crystal City for Volunteer Arlington’s Causes & Cocktails! This fun and meaningful networking event brings together civic-minded individuals and […]

  • Arlington’s American Legion Post 194 and Dorie Miller

    Aurora Hills Community Center 735 18th Street, South, Arlington, United States

    In 1946, a group of determined and like-minded individuals set out to establish the American Legion Dorie Miller Post 194 & Auxiliary Unit in Arlington. Their courage to start a […]

  • 15-Minute History: The Ups and Downs of Standing Up for Your Rights in Arlington

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

    Bill Fogarty (Our Man in Arlington for the Falls Church News Press) spotlights protests in Arlington, a review of the civil rights struggles in Arlington in the 1950s followed by a discussion on how these "echoes from the past" might inform civil rights issues today. (2nd Floor, Arlington Historical Museum, 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road) […]

  • Arlington’s Political Structure in the 20th Century

    Glencarlyn Library 300 S. Kensington Street, Arlington, VA, United States

    Join the Glencarlyn Library and "Our Man in Arlington," Bill Fogarty, to learn about the evolution of Arlington's governance structure and its political parties. Bill Fogarty is a retired attorney who has lived and worked in Arlington for more than 40 years and currently serves as a board member for the Leadership Center of Arlington. […]

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