Ball-Sellers House Opening Day
During our 2025 season (April through October) the Ball-Sellers House will celebrate the 50th anniversary of becoming a free public museum and we are planning a series of commemorative events […]
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Events for November 23, 2025 - March 12
10 events found.
Events
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Ball-Sellers House 5620 3rd Street, South, Arlington VA 22204, VA, United States
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Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington: Dedication for Humphrey Albert and Priscilla Willis
Intersection of Key and N. Highland 3103 Key Boulevard, Arlington, 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). The markers are placed in the sidewalk at the last known location where these enslaved people lived. Memorializing […]
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Who Owns the Potomac and Why?
Reinsch Library Auditorium, Marymount University 2807 North Glebe Road, ArlingtonHave you ever looked at maps and wondered why the boundary line between Virginia and Maryland on the Potomac River is so odd? It is not in the middle of the river, like it is in most places, and it doesn't really follow the curves of one shoreline or the other. Michael Nardolilli, the Executive […]
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Spring Celebration with the Glencarlyn Community Garden
Ball-Sellers House 5620 3rd Street, South, Arlington VA 22204, VA, United StatesThe Arlington Historical Society/Ball-Sellers House is partnering with the Glencarlyn Library Garden to celebrate gardening. We are in TWO locations for this fun event: The Ball-Sellers House at 5620 3rd St., South, 10 - 4 Glencarlyn Library at 300 S. Kensington St. South, 10 - 3 At the Ball-Sellers House you'll see how colonial gardeners […]
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Grand Re-Opening of the Arlington Historical Museum
Arlington Historical Museum 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road, Arlington, United StatesCome rediscover our local history at the Arlington Historical Museum! After closing last summer for preservation and renovation work, we reopen on May 3 at 10:00 AM with the debut of all-new exhibits. You'll also have an opportunity at 1:00 PM to hear from local author Barbara Noe Kennedy, author of “100 Things to Do […]
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Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington: Dedication at Westover
Northeast Corner of Washington Boulevard and North Longfellow Street 5837 Washington Blvd, Arlington, 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). The markers are placed in the sidewalk at the last known location where these enslaved people lived. Memorializing […]
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Annual AHS Member Meeting
Reinsch Library Auditorium, Marymount University 2807 North Glebe Road, ArlingtonThe Arlington Historical Society will hold its annual meeting of members on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 7:00 pm. The meeting will be held BOTH on Zoom and in person at the Reinsch Library Auditorium on the main campus of Marymount University. If you are a member and plan to attend by Zoom, please register […]
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Early Days of the Civil War Defenses of Washington: From Fort Sumter to First Bull Run
Reinsch Library Auditorium, Marymount University 2807 North Glebe Road, ArlingtonArlington was key to the defenses of Washington during the Civil War. Bryan Cheeseboro will describe the threats to the Capital City that spurred building the ring of defenses—inside DC and in Virginia. The Civil War Defenses of Washington (CWDW) were composed of 68 forts and 93 batteries. But this was the strength of the […]
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George Washington’s Forest Guided Walking Tour
Ball-Sellers House 5620 3rd Street, South, Arlington VA 22204, VA, United StatesWalk in the footsteps of George Washington on a guided walking tour with local historian, Kevin Vincent. In 1775, George Washington bought 1200-acres of forest in what is now Arlington. After the Revolutionary War, he returned home and surveyed his property. On the walk you’ll start with a tour of the Ball-Sellers House (the oldest […]
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Dedication of Eagle Scout Project Ball-Sellers House Benches
Ball-Sellers House 5620 3rd Street, South, Arlington VA 22204, VA, United StatesJoin us as we dedicate one of the four new wooden benches designed and built by Connor Jones as his Eagle Scout project. He conducted historical research and coordinated with the Ball-Sellers House to identify an appropriate style for the colonial era in which the house was built (c.1750). Then he planned, led, and managed […]