Events for October 25 - September 20

  • Pints and the Past at the Ball-Sellers House

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

    The Ball-Sellers House is hosting a ticketed fundraiser event featuring local brews. Join us as we relax on the grounds of the Ball-Sellers House, Arlington’s oldest structure, a c. 1750 […]

  • AHS is at Festival Latinoamericano

    Arlington MIll Community Center 909 South Dinwiddie Street, Arlington, VA, United States

    AHS is celebrating the vibrant cultures, traditions and heritage of Latin America at Arlington County's Festival Latinoamericano on Saturday, October 3, at Arlington Mill Community Center. This free community event […]

  • The Legend of Dead Man’s Hollow

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

    Local histories identify two nests of vice and corruption in Arlington during the early years of the 20th century: Rosslyn at the foot of the Aqueduct Bridge, and Jackson City […]

  • AHS is at Fort C.F. Smith’s Fall Heritage Festival

    Fort C.F. Smith 2411 24th Street, North, Arlington, VA, United States

    Join AHS at Fort C.F. Smith's Fall Heritage Festival as we gather to celebrate our nation’s heritage with a family-friendly day of fun. Step back into history and try your hand at some old-time games and crafts, make a corn husk doll, churn butter, go for a history walk, and work the cider press! Please […]

  • Living History: Historical Military Camp Cooking

    Arlington Central Library 1015 N. Quincy St., Arlington, VA, United States

    AHS President, Peter Vaselopulos (a Civil War re-enactor) will spotlight military food during the Civil War. Captain James M. Sanderson, a Federal officer from New York, wrote the groundbreaking cookbook, […]

  • An Evening of History Under the Stars

    David M. Brown Planetarium 1426 N. Quincy Street, Arlington, VA, United States

    TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE! Join the Arlington Historical Society (AHS) and the Friends of Arlington's Planetarium (FOAP) for an Evening of History Under the Stars, a joint fundraiser for both organizations […]

  • Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington: Overlee-Leeway

    Lee Center Baseball Field 2403 N. Lexington Street, Arlington, VA, United States

    The 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 […]

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