Glebe House Day
The Northern Virginia Conservation Trust and the Arlington Historical Society are excited to announce the first-ever Glebe House Day, where community members are welcome onto the grounds to learn about […]
Events for September 27, 2025 - August 21, 2025
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Handmade History Day: Ball-Sellers House Special Event
Ball-Sellers House 5620 3rd Street, South, Arlington VA 22204, VA, United StatesThe Ball-Sellers House Museum season opening day welcomes you to explore how colonial Virginia made things we now buy. This c. 1750 farmhouse will host demonstrations and "do-it-yourself" experiences. From A-Z including pottery, textiles, woodworking, and much more. This FREE event is from 1-4, but don't miss re-enactor Sandy Newton's talk at 1:30 about how […]
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Julia Roberts’ Freedom Suit
Reinsch Library Auditorium, Marymount University 2807 North Glebe Road, ArlingtonIn 1801, a wealthy landowner who lived in present-day Arlington County freed his slaves and their descendants. His deed of emancipation would have ripple effects across Northern Virginia—especially for one […]
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New Exhibit: First in Frame: Arlington’s Earliest Residents
Arlington Historical Museum 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road, Arlington, United StatesDiscover 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. The Arlington Historical […]
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New Exhibit: Mapping the Federal City, 1791: Arlington in the Original District
Arlington Historical Museum 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road, Arlington, United StatesStep 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; […]
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The Pike Culture Fest
Arlington MIll Community Center 909 South Dinwiddie Street, Arlington, VA, United StatesJoin AHS as we help Columbia Pike celebrate its first ever Culture Fest — a high energy, outdoor celebration of culture, music, food, and community on the Pike! The Pike will come alive with a day of performances, music, international food, family friendly activities, and a display of AHS artifacts that shows the Pike’s “United […]
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Rooted in History: The Ball-Sellers House Garden Story
Find out what the residents of this 276-year-old home planted in their kitchen garden through the centuries. Sandy Newton, Lead Gardener at Arlington House and re-enactor at Mt. Vernon will show you what was often planted in colonial and early American gardens, and what gardening was like during the Civil War and Depression era, the […]
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History of Slavery on Roosevelt Island Walking Tour
Theodore Rosevelt Island Pedestrian Bridge Theodore Roosevelt Island, Washington, DC, United StatesSee 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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Living History Day at Fort C. F. Smith
Fort C.F. Smith 2411 24th Street, North, Arlington, VA, United StatesJoin AHS in exploring Civil War life in Arlington. Meet famed war photographer, Mathew Brady, US Colored Troops and learn where Camp Casey was located and hy it was so difficult to pinpoint, and see AHS artifacts from US Army camps and forts and more!
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Dedication of Two Stumbling Stones in Fairlington
Fairlington Villages Community Center 3005 S. Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA, United StatesThe Arlington Historical Society and the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington invite you to the unveiling of “Stumbling Stones.” These bronze markers commemorate the lives of the enslaved people who helped build our county (and our country) and are placed in the sidewalk at the last known site of their enslavement. Memorializing the Enslaved in […]