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SUMMARY:15 Minute History: Photographer Lloyd Wolf
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special 15 Minute History with photographer Lloyd Wolf\, whose work documenting immigrant communities along Columbia Pike is featured in We The People\, the traveling exhibition from the Virginia Museum of History & Culture. Wolf will discuss his involvement with the exhibit and share insights from the Columbia Pike Project\, which captures the stories\, cultures\, and everyday lives of Arlington residents from around the world. His photographs offer a powerful look at immigration\, identity\, and the changing face of Arlington.
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/15-minute-history-photographer-lloyd-wolf/
LOCATION:Arlington Historical Museum\, 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road\, Arlington\, 22207\, United States
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SUMMARY:Origins of Arlington’s County Manager Plan: 1927-1931
DESCRIPTION:The basic structure of Arlington’s local government is set by the state Constitution and statutes adopted by the legislature. Virginia is one of those states where local government only has powers given to it under state law. In 1930 the General Assembly authorized and Arlington voters approved the adoption of what is called the County Manager form of government and voters elected the first 5 Member County Board in 1931. With only a few minor changes that form of government is what Arlington has today\, 96 years later. \nThe County Board is studying the question of whether changes should be made to our current form of government. One issue that has arisen concerns the historical context in which the 1930 changes were made. John Milliken has done a deep dive into the history of that time to find out: \n\nWhy was this system adopted back then?\nWhat issues drove the specific elements of the approved plan?\n\nFind out now what the history is as the county grapples with the question: What kind of government should Arlington County have today? \nThe Honorable John Milliken has been active in Arlington civic and political affairs since the early 1970’s and was a Member of the County Board from 1981 to 1990. He stepped down to become Virginia’s the Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Virginia. His activity resumed when he returned from Richmond in 1994 and continues today. He is now a Senior Fellow in Residence at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. Recently he was the lead editor and author of The New Dominion: The Twentieth Century Elections that Shaped Modern Virginia\, published by the University of Virginia Press (2023). \nThis July 30\, 2026 event will be held at the Marymount University Library Auditorium and via Zoom.\nThis event is one of the monthly series of free public programs sponsored and hosted by the Arlington Historical Society. USUALLY our monthly events are on the second Thursday of each month BUT this month our program is on the FOURTH THURSDAY. \nThis event is part of our VA250 series of events throughout the year and complements our Arlington Historical Museum’s temporary exhibit: “Who Decides? Governing Arlington Through Time.” \nDRIVING DIRECTIONS and FREE 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\, July 29\, 2026 to get the zoom information. Click here to register:  https://forms.gle/aTS2hEr5ztQF5dc99 \nYou’ll get an email on the morning of the event (Jul 30\, 2026) with Zoom details. \nThis 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/origins-of-arlingtons-county-manager-plan/
LOCATION:Reinsch Library Auditorium\, Marymount University\, 2807 North Glebe Road\, Arlington
CATEGORIES:VA250
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SUMMARY:Memorializing the Enslave Dedication Ceremony Honoring Two Once Enslaved People
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). The markers are placed in the sidewalk at the last known location where these enslaved people lived. Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington’sresearch has revealed over 2\,750 enslaved people and identified 1\,045 by name. \nPlease join us for the Dedication Ceremony honoring two once enslaved individuals: \n\nLidia: Born ca. 1810\nHarry Speaks: Born ca. 1827\n\nWe will honor them at 12:00 noon\, Sunday\, August 2\, 2026 at the Intersection of 10th Street North and North Frederick Street in front of  St. Ann Catholic Church. \nTheir Story \nLidia\, born around 1810\, and Henry Speaks\, born around 1827\, were both enslaved by Richard Southern who operated a farm on the grounds of present-day St. Ann and the Bluemont community. \nLittle is known about Lidia. She secured her freedom when Southern filed a manumission deed in the Alexandria courthouse on November 3. 1831. The circumstances behind her manumission deed are not known. The court records give us only her first name\, but indicate Lidia was “mullato\,” implying a lighter skin tone. Could her biracial parentage have led to her freedom? Without a last name\, Lidia disappears from records. \nHenry Speaks’ life is better documented than Lidia’s. He was born to Letty\, a woman enslaved by Simon Sommers\, and transferred to Simon’s daughter Eliza Sommers after his death. Twelve years later Eliza’s will freed Henry when he reached the age of 35. William Nutt\, a clerk of the U.S. Treasury and neighbor\, purchased Henry from Eliza’s estate and subsequently leased Speaks to Richard Southern in 1856.  At the onset of the Civil War and Union army occupation of Arlington\, Southern and his family as well as Henry Speaks relocated to the District of Columbia.  Speaks secured his freedom with the emancipation of city’s enslaved people by an act of Congress in 1862.  Speaks remained in the District after the war where he worked as a laborer and then a driver. The last known record of Speaks is in the 1875. He was 48 and living at 21st and M Streets. \nJoin us as we celebrate and honor Lidia and Harry Speaks 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. \nFor more information\, please contact Jessica Kaplan from the Arlington Historical Society at ahsedlink@gmail.com. \n 
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/memorializing-the-enslave-dedication-ceremony-honoring-two-once-enslaved-people/
LOCATION:St. Ann Catholic Church\, 5300 10th Street\, North\, Arlington\, VA\, 22205\, United States
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