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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
How did a few surveyors, some astronomical calculations, and a series of stone markers define the nation’s new capital? Join David Pearson for a fascinating 15 Minute History exploring the […]
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 […]
Once an elegant burial place with marble interiors and Tiffany stained-glass windows, Arlington’s Abbey Mausoleum later suffered neglect and vandalism before its demolition in 2001. Join Winter Hamm for our new Teen 15 Minute History series and an exploration of this unusual chapter in Arlington’s past—from its distinguished occupants to the architectural treasures preserved after […]
Join the Arlington Historical Society as it hosts a talk by Kevin Vincent on the march of the French and American Armies to and from Yorktown that passed through present-day […]
As the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, the Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington Project in conjunction with the Center for Local History invites you to help […]
Museum Store Sunday Book Sale! Calling all history lovers and bookworms! Celebrate Museum Store Sunday with us at the Arlington Historical Museum and take 30% OFF every book in the […]