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SUMMARY:Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington: Stumbling Stone Dedication at Woodstock Park
DESCRIPTION: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 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 Arlington’s research has revealed over 2000 enslaved people and identified 1050 by name. \nPlease join us for a Dedication Ceremony honoring four individuals. We will be honoring them at the Hendry House at Woodstock Park. \n\nRose\, born before 1735\nSolomon\, born before 1735\nSarah\, born before 1735\nLydia\, born before 1735\n\nTheir Story\nLydia\, Sarah\, Rose and Solomon were enslaved by Richard Wheeler (1697 -1751) and his wife Rebecca. In the 1730s\, the Wheelers operated a farm along the Potomac River near Memorial Bridge that later became a part of the Lee-Custis Estate (Arlington House). By 1750 the Wheelers and their enslaved people were farming land that comprises the present-day area around Old Dominion Drive and Langston Boulevard. \nWe first learn of Lydia\, Sarah\, Rose\, and Solomon through Richard Wheeler’s will\, recorded in 1750\, where he bequeathed Lydia and Sarah to his son Drummond Wheeler and Rose and Solomon to his wife Rebecca. He also bequeathed three enslaved women\, Jane\, Nan\, and Bess\, to his son-in-law George Simpson and his daughter Susanna Simpson. Lydia\, Sarah\, Rose\, and Solomon eventually became the property of Drummond Wheeler who acquired the Arlington farm upon the death of his mother in 1763. Nan and Bess may have been sold to a neighbor Francis Triplett\, Sr and a Bess and Nan are both listed in Triplett’s will recorded in 1757. \nAfter 1750\, Lydia disappears from the historical record. The names of Sarah\, Solomon\, and Rose\, however\, reappear 32 years later among the nine enslaved people listed on the estate inventory of George Simpson. Filed in 1782\, Simpson’s will bequeaths Sarah and Solomon to his son Joseph and Rose to his daughter Mary. Given the passage of 32 years\, the odds are against it being the same three individuals Richard Wheeler once enslaved\, but perhaps their names were passed to their offspring. Regardless of their actual fate\, we know they lived\, worked\, and served the needs of their enslavers. \nJoin us as we celebrate and honor Lydia\, Sarah\, Solomon\, and Rose and gain a greater understanding of Arlington’s complicated past. Brief remarks will be offered. \nMemorializing the Enslaved in Arlington seeks to shed light upon these early Americans who contributed so much to the economic\, social\, and cultural development of our county. For more information\, please contact Jessica Kaplan from the Arlington Historical Society at ahsedlink@gmail.com. \nLearn more about the Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington project here. \n 
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/memorializing-the-enslaved-in-arlington-stumbling-stone-dedication-at-woodstock-park/
LOCATION:Woodstock Park\, 2049 N. Woodstock Street\, Arlington\, VA\, 22207\, United States
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SUMMARY:Pints and the Past at the Ball-Sellers House
DESCRIPTION: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 farmhouse. No doubt\, generations of residents enjoyed local–even individually–brewed libations through the centuries. Treat yourself! For $40\, you can enjoy: \n\nA fun talk about the history of brewing in Arlington by brewery historian\, Dr. Mark Benbow\nEarly American fiddle music by Paul Carlson of Classical Fiddle\nTrivia with prizes!\nFree guided tours of the Ball-Sellers House\nBeer and food!\nAnd MORE!\n\nFeatured Beer (more coming!)\n\nNew District Brewing Company: I Am the Senate. “A rich\, complex\, and boozy stout oozing layers of chocolate\, coffee\, and stone fruit that coats the tongue.” (A legacy brewery)\nPort City Brewing Company: Porter. “Smooth and silky\, Porter pours a dark mahogany color with a firm cap of tan foam. It has bittersweet chocolate and coffee notes and a depth that bigger beers aspire to.”\n\nTickets\nAHS Members get first dibs on tickets until September 10. (Become a member here ) We’re limiting attendance at this special event to 50 guests. \nBuy tickets here.  All proceeds go to the preservation of the Ball-Sellers House. We welcome additional donations! \nRemember to bring your ID with birthdate–a Virginia license will do. AHS will be checking IDs at the entrance. \n \nConsumer Brewing Company (1888) became Arlington Brewing Company (1904) \n \nPaul Carlson\, our fiddler \nThe Breweries (more on the way!)\n  \n 
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/pints-and-the-past/
LOCATION:Ball-Sellers House\, 5620 3rd Street\, South\, Arlington VA 22204\, VA\, 22312\, United States
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SUMMARY:Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington: Stumbling Stones Dedication at Fairlington
DESCRIPTION: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 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 Arlington’s research has revealed over 2000 enslaved people and identified 1050 by name. \nPlease join us for a Dedication Ceremony honoring 34 individuals. We will be honoring them at the Fairlington Community Center. \nTheir Story\nAround 1756\, John Carlyle\, a wealthy merchant from Alexandria\, established a plantation called Torthorwald\, covering the land that is now Fairlington and Shirlington. \nBy 1770\, a residence for the property was built near what is now the Fairlington Office Park. This was Carlyle’s summer residence. At the time of his death in 1780\, Carlyle had enslaved 43 people at Torthorwald. Carlyle descendants\, Carlyle F. Whiting and Charles Little\, inherited Torthorwald and the enslaved people. THey changed the plantation’s name to Morven which remained in the Carlyle family until around 1870. \nThe Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington project\, the Fairlington Historical Society\, and Fairlington Citizen’s Association will honor 34 individuals enslaved by Carlyle and his descendants. These individuals were forced to work on the plantation that\, by 1787\, had a “meathouse\, barn\, stables\, cow-house\, dairy… weaver’s and smith’s shops… an orchard… 250 acres of arable land… 80 acres of meadow\,” and a mill. They would have labored in one or more of these areas – horse husbandry and breeding\, mucking out stables\, milking cows\, shearing sheep\, building or repairing buildings\, or working in the fields. Alternatively\, they may have served in the residence\, which was “calculated for a genteel family\,” with four rooms that had fireplaces. Domestic labor meant spending relentless hours serving the personal needs of the Carlyles as well as cleaning\, cooking\, laundering\, ironing\, lighting fireplaces\, polishing\, and serving food. \nLearn more about the Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington project here.
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/memorializing-the-enslaved-in-arlington-stumbling-stone-dedication-at-fairlington/
LOCATION:Fairlington Community Center\, 3308 South Stafford Street\, Arlington\, 22206\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T110000
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SUMMARY:Memorializing the Enslaved of Arlington: Stumbling Stone Dedication at Central Library
DESCRIPTION: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 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 Arlington’s research has revealed over 2000 enslaved people and identified 1050 by name. \nPlease join us for the Dedication Ceremony honoring two once enslaved individuals \n\nNan: Born ca. 1735\nBess: Born ca. 1747\n\nWe will be honoring them at the intersection of Quincy Street & 10th Street North at the Arlington Central Library \nTheir Story\n“Item I give to my loving wife Elizabeth Triplett\, I lend her all of my personable estate and a Negro woman named Bess and Negro girl named Nann during her natural life excepting some small legacies that I give and bequeath out of it.” \nSo states Francis Marion Triplett\, then of “weak of body but [sic (of)] sound and perfect sense and memory” in his last will and testament recorded in 1757 and filed at the Fairfax County Courthouse. Through Triplett’s will we learn of Bess and Nan\, two enslaved women held at a farm operated by Francis Marion and Elizabeth Brown Triplett. Historical records indicate Francis leased land near Arlington’s Central Library. The landholding in Arlington was modest in size suggesting that agriculture may not have been the Triplett’s primary livelihood and that Bess and Nan likely performed domestic and housekeeping chores for the Triplett’s. \nFrancis bequeathed Bess and Nan to his wife Elizabeth during her lifetime and then to their sons\, Francis Jr. and Mason after her death. When Elizabeth died in 1769\, Bess would have been transferred to Francis Jr. and Nan to Mason. Francis Jr. may have relocated to Georgia. But conflicting evidence suggests he may have inherited his brother William’s lands in Loudoun County and lived there on an estate enslaving additional people. Evidence suggests Mason relocated to North Carolina. \nMany questions about Bess and Nan remain. Were they related\, perhaps mother and daughter? Were they sold before Mason and Francis Jr. relocated\, or as valued property\, were they taken to new and distant places of residence? \nWhile we do not know what became of Bess and Nan\, we can imagine that their separation from one another was extremely difficult/painful. They likely had no say over their circumstances or their future. \nPlease join us as we celebrate and honor both Bess and Nan. Brief remarks will be offered. \nMemorializing the Enslaved in Arlington seeks to shed light upon these early Americans who contributed so much to the economic\, social\, and cultural development of our county. For more information\, please contact Jessica Kaplan from the Arlington Historical Society at ahsedlink@gmail.com.
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/memorializing-the-enslaved-of-arlington-stumbling-stone-dedication-at-central-library/
LOCATION:Arlington Central Library\, 1015 N. Quincy St.\, Arlington\, VA\, 22201\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261008T190000
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SUMMARY:The Legend of Dead Man's Hollow
DESCRIPTION: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 on the County side of the Long Bridge. Both areas were marked by drinking\, gambling\, sex workers\, political corruption\, and murder – murder so frequent that corpses were found nearly every week in Rosslyn’s Dead Man’s Hollow and Jackson City’s Hell’s Bottom. As the story goes\, it would take crusading Commonwealth’s Attorney Crandall Mackey’s closure of these dens of iniquity for Arlington take off as a desirable location for suburban development – and residents who would come to relish a deliciously scandalous past as much as they enjoy a more prosperous and peaceful present. \nPlease join local historian M. A. Schaffner for an examination of contemporary news reports of the actual crimes associated with Dead Man’s Hollow\, a side trip into Jackson City\, a look at Dead Man’s Hollow today\, and a glance at a common feature of the suburbs Mackey allegedly paved the way for. \nAbout Our Speaker: M. A. Schaffner\nMichael A. Schaffner lives with spouse and pug in a crumbling tenant farmer’s cottage on land that once belonged to the Glebe estate. When not calling plumbers they write history\, poetry\, and fiction with rather more enthusiasm than formerly engendered by position classification decisions\, benefit-cost analyses\, and Congressional budget submissions. Their latest book length manuscript\, Unalloyed Pride and Joy\, a history of the Second United States Colored Infantry (raised in Arlington)\, is currently pining for a publisher. \nDRIVING DIRECTIONS and FREE ON-CAMPUS PARKING:\nAttendees planning to attend the event in-person should enter the Marymount University campus at the library gate on N. 26th Street. \n\nFrom Glebe Road going north\, take a right onto 26th Street.\nPass through the stop light at the intersection of 26th and Old Dominion Drive.\nPass the intersection with Yorktown Road\nEnter the campus through the next gate on your left. The library is to your left as you enter the campus.\nFree garage parking is just past the library at the bottom of the small incline. (Handicapped parking is immediately to your right as you enter through the gate onto campus.)\n\nIf the university has lowered the garage gates\, push the button and let them know you’re here for an Arlington Historical Society event in the library. To leave\, push the button and they’ll raise the gate. \nZoom Available\nIf you can’t be there in person\, you can zoom in\, but you must register by the end of Wednesday\, October 7\, 2026 to get the zoom information. Click here to register: https://forms.gle/ezAbmPVC7vbWzce18 \nYou’ll get an email on the morning of the event (Oct 8\, 2026) with Zoom details. \nThis is one of a series of free monthly public presentations on local history hosted by the Arlington Historical Society.  This event is hosted courtesy of the Marymount University politics program’s American Heritage Initiative. For more information\, please email: info@arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org.
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/the-legend-of-dead-mans-hollow/
LOCATION:Reinsch Library Auditorium\, Marymount University\, 2807 North Glebe Road\, Arlington
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