Events for September 29, 2025 - July 13, 2025

  • The Pike Culture Fest

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

    Join AHS as we help Columbia Pike celebrate its first ever Culture Fest — a high energy, outdoor celebration of culture, music, food, and community on the Pike! The Pike […]

  • Rooted in History: The Ball-Sellers House Garden Story

    Find out what the residents of this 276-year-old home planted in their kitchen garden through the centuries. Sandy Newton, Lead Gardener at Arlington House and re-enactor at Mt. Vernon will […]

  • Julia Sues for Freedom: A Play

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

    An original scripted reenactment brings history alive! Join us for an original performance depicting an 1842 trial - Julia Roberts v. Austin Adams and Anne Harding - in which Julia […]

  • History of Slavery on Roosevelt Island Walking Tour

    Theodore Rosevelt Island Pedestrian Bridge Theodore Roosevelt Island, Washington, DC, United States

    See Theodore Roosevelt Island with a new lens. Walk the places where enslaved people lived and worked on "Mason's Island" plantation from 1792-1860s. This guided walking tour is sponsored by […]

  • Living History Day at Fort C. F. Smith

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

    Join AHS in exploring Civil War life in Arlington. Meet famed war photographer, Mathew Brady, US Colored Troops and learn where Camp Casey was located and hy it was so […]

  • Julia Sues for Freedom: A Play

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

    An original scripted reenactment brings history alive! Join us for a performance of an original play depicting an 1842 trial - Julia Roberts v. Austin Adams and Anne Harding - […]

  • Dedication of Two Stumbling Stones in Fairlington

    Fairlington Villages Community Center 3005 S. Abingdon 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 […]

  • Arlington HistoryFest 250

    Kenmore MIddle School 200 S. Carlin Springs Rd, Arlington, VA, United States

    The Arlington VA250 Committee is hosting an Arlington HistoryFest 250, a free, one-day outdoor festival commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. It will be held on Saturday, May […]

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