Upcoming Events

  • AHS is at Sails on the Potomac 250th History Outpost

    Point Lumley Park 1 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA, United States

    Join AHS as we help celebrate the Alexandria historic waterfront's tall ships at "Sails on the Potomac." Join in on family-friendly activities and experience engaging historic programs and performances. Explore the vibrancy of the region through booths like ours! along with other local museums and organizations. There's a lot going on all weekend: https://www.alexandriava.gov/historic-alexandria/sails-on-the-potomac-event-schedule#SaturdayJune13. As […]

  • History of Slavery on Roosevelt Island Evening 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 The Memorializing the Enslaved (MEA) Project, a joint effort of the Arlington Historical Society and the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington. The tour will educate […]

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