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SUMMARY:Museum Exhibit: First in Frame: Arlington's Early Residents
DESCRIPTION:Discover the people who helped shape Arlington. This exhibit highlights early landowners and settlers whose decisions and choices laid the foundation for the county we know today.  \nThe Arlington Historical Museum is commemorating 250+ years of local history. This exhibit is upstairs on the 2nd floor of the museum. \nThe Museum is open Saturdays 10-4 PM and Sundays 1-4 PM. \nIt’s FREE!
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/new-exhibit-first-in-frame-arlingtons-earliest-residents/
LOCATION:Arlington Historical Museum\, 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road\, Arlington\, 22207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits,Geography,VA250
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SUMMARY:Museum Exhibit: Mapping the Federal City\, 1791: Arlington in the Original District
DESCRIPTION:Step into the moment Arlington helped shape the nation’s capital. In 1791\, surveyors under President George Washington mapped a 100-square-mile federal district along the Potomac River\, placing forty sandstone boundary stones; some of which still stand in Arlington today. Learn about the people who surveyed and mapped this land. \nThe Arlington Historical Museum is commemorating 250+ years of local history. This exhibit is upstairs on the 2nd floor of the museum. \nThe Museum is open Saturdays 10-4 PM and Sundays 1-4 PM. \nIt’s FREE!
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/new-exhibit-mapping-the-federal-city-1791-arlington-in-the-original-district/
LOCATION:Arlington Historical Museum\, 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road\, Arlington\, 22207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits,Geography,VA250
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SUMMARY:Museum Exhibit: Changemakers 250
DESCRIPTION:New Changemakers Exhibit Installed \nThe latest edition of our rotating Changemakers poster exhibit is now up\, highlighting individuals whose contributions helped shape Arlington’s history and community. As part of Arlington 250\, the exhibit recognizes local leaders\, advocates\, educators\, innovators\, and community builders whose actions made a lasting impact on the county. By sharing these stories\, the exhibit encourages visitors to reflect on the many ways individuals can influence their communities and help define Arlington’s past\, present\, and future.
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/temporary-exhibit-changemakers-250/
LOCATION:Arlington Historical Museum\, 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road\, Arlington\, 22207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits,VA250
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SUMMARY:Museum Exhibit: First on the Scene: Arlington Responds to September 11
DESCRIPTION:Marking the 25th anniversary of September 11\, 2001\, First on the Scene explores Arlington’s immediate response to the attack on the Pentagon. Through photographs\, artifacts\, and firsthand accounts\, the exhibit highlights the firefighters\, emergency personnel\, and community members who responded in the critical minutes and hours following the attack and honors the courage\, coordination\, and service that defined Arlington’s response.
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/first-on-the-scene-arlington-responds-to-september-11/
LOCATION:Arlington Historical Museum\, 1805 South Arlington Ridge Road\, Arlington\, 22207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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SUMMARY:AHS is at the Camp Casey Historical Marker Dedication
DESCRIPTION:During the Civil War\, Arlington was an important center for the US Colored Troops (USCT). Join AHS and the community for an afternoon of commemoration for Camp Casey\, one of Arlington’s historical treasures whose exact location was a mystery… until now. As the county dedicates a new historical marker\, we’ll hear historians tell the story of the men and women who helped save the United States. \nProgram\n8th Green Machine Regiment Band\, George Mason University \nIntroductions\n\nAlex Sakes\, President\, Penrose Civic Association\nBlake Lindsey\, Arlington County Parks\n\nFlag Presentation: Detail\, 23rd United States Colored Troops \nKeynote Speaker: Edward W. Gantt\, Captain USN (Ret.) as “Pvt. Ed Gantt\, 23rd USCT” \nSpeakers\n\nDr. Scott Edwin Taylor\, Director\, Black Heritage Museum of Arlington\nJessica Kaplan\, Co-Coordinator\, Memorializing the Enslaved of Arlington\nDr. Delisha Davis\, Director\, NAACP Arlington Chapter\nReverend Ashley Goff\, Pastor\, Arlingon Presbyterian Church\nSteward Henderson\, 23rd United States Colored Troops (Reenacted)\nCraig Syphax\, Board of Directors\, Black Heritage Museum of Arlington\n\nA Short History of Camp Casey\nFrom 1863 to 1865 Camp Casey in Arlington served as the camp of organization for the only two regiments raised in the County during the Civil War – the Second and Twenty-Third United States Colored Troops (USCT). \nThe Second\, raised from July to November 1863\, would go on to serve in Florida and distinguish itself in the battle of Natural Bridge\, the second largest Civil War engagement in the state. \nThe Twenty-Third\, raised from December through July 1864\, would become the first USCT regiment to engage Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia\, defeating rebel cavalry at the Alrich Farm near Spottsylvania. It would later suffer the heaviest casualties of all federal regiments in the battle of the Crater. \nFor the next several weeks USCT soldiers continued to enlist at Camp Casey\, and a detachment from the camp participated in the defense of Washington against General Jubal Early’s army during the attack on Washington that in July\, 1864 culminated at Fort Stevens. \nBy September 1864 Camp Casey had become an official Rendezvous of Recruitment for USCT soldiers serving in the armies besieging Richmond\, ultimately putting thousands more men into the ranks of nearly thirty regiments. Four of the seven USCT regiments present at Appomattox had men recruited in Arlington\, some of whom fired what proved to be among the last shots of the war. \nBefore the war the land Camp Casey occupied was owned by Richard Williams\, a constable of Alexandria who in 1858\, on the orders of Robert E. Lee\, whipped three people enslaved on the Custis estate who had attempted to escape. Among the greatest ironies of Arlington history is that Williams’ property would later serve to put more than 5\,000 United States Colored Troops into the United States Army. Further some of the men recruited here would fight at Appomattox\, helping to put an end to the military career of Robert E. Lee\, the last master of Arlington House. \nDuring the war Camp Casey not only raised Black soldiers but also gave employment to others\, including Charles and William Syphax. They and their employees ran a store on the post catering to soldiers\, many of whom had spending money for the first time in their lives. With Arlington itself serving as a magnet for freedom seekers throughout the region\, newly self-emancipated Americans\, both men and women\, also found employment working as teamsters\, laborers\, nurses\, laundresses\, and in other occupations. \nAfter the war several new Black communities grew up in the larger neighborhood\, including the Butler-Holmes development in Penrose\, cofounded by William Henry Butler\, a soldier of the Second Regiment\, United States Colored Troops. \nWith the dedication of this historical marker\, Arlington’s Camp Casey and the soldiers whotrained here will finally receive some part of the recognition they earned more than a century and a half ago. \n     \n 
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/camp-casey-marker-dedication/
LOCATION:Towers Park\, 801 South Scott Street\, Arlington\, VA\, 22204\, United States
CATEGORIES:VA250
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SUMMARY:AHS is at Green Valley Day
DESCRIPTION:The Arlington Historical Society is proud to participate in Green Valley Day 2026! \n\nThe Green Valley Community of Arlington is hosting the annual Green Valley Day 2026! This year’s theme is “Building as One: A Celebration of Community\, Heritage\, Culture and Connection.” It’s a fun-filled day of celebration and community pride.  AHS will be there with information about Green Valley’s historic heritage including:\n\nFreedman’s Village\nCivil War US Colored Troops and Camp Casey\nMemorializing the Enslaved of Arlington\n\nPlus our trivia wheel to test your history knowledge and MORE! \n\n\nWe’re “Building as One” at Green Valley Day and hope to see you there!
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/ahs-is-at-green-valley-day/
LOCATION:Charles Drew Community Center\, 3500 23rd Street\, South\, Arlington\, VA\, 22206\, United States
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SUMMARY:Memorializing the Enslaved of Arlington: Stumbling Stone Dedication in Woodmont at Hendry House
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 and are placed in the sidewalk at the last known site of their enslavement. Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington’s research has revealed over 2000 enslaved people and identified 1050 by name. \nPlease join us for a Dedication Ceremony honoring nine individuals whose names are unknown\, enslaved in the Woodmont neighborhood from 1850-1861. We will be honoring them at the Hendry House on the grounds of Fort C.F. Smith\, 2411 24th Street\, North \nTheir Story\nBetween 1848 and 1861\, up to nine enslaved individuals operated a 70-acre farm called “Robin Hood” overlooking the Potomac River and the ridge of Spout Run in what is today’s Woodmont neighborhood. These men\, women and children were the property of William and Elizabeth Jewell of Georgetown who purchased the land as a retreat\, but by 1850 spent most of their time there. \nThe 1850 slave census lists William as enslaving six people\, likely a family: a 35-year-old man\, a 36-year-old woman\, a 16-year-old girl\, a six-year-old boy\, a five-year-old girl\, and a one-year-old boy. He also enslaved three women at his Georgetown residence. Property tax records from 1854-1859 show William held two people by force\, one over 16 and one under. What happened to the 1850 family is unknown; they may have been sold or leased to others. Their names have also disappeared\, because census and tax records did not document enslaved individuals by name\, a cruel form of erasure. \nIn 1856\, William died and his son Henry C. Jewell and his wife Elizabeth moved to the farm. On the 1860 census\, they leased 3 enslaved people from other enslavers: a 70-year-old man\, a 35-year-old woman\, and an 11-year-old boy. \nVery little is known about the people who cultivated the Jewell’s land\, tended to their peach and apple orchards\, and minded their animals and large home. Their extensive\, uncompensated work brought wealth and ease to the Jewell family. \nDuring the Civil War\, Union forces occupied Robin Hood (and much of Arlington) and in 1863 transformed the farm into Fort C.F. Smith. The fort exists today as an Arlington park. The Jewells may have returned the three enslaved people they had been leasing to their owners or perhaps the three enslaved people freed themselves while under Union protection. \nHelp us celebrate and honor nine once enslaved individuals 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.
URL:https://arlhist.org/event/memorializing-the-enslaved-of-arlington-woodmont/
LOCATION:Fort C.F. Smith\, 2411 24th Street\, North\, Arlington\, VA\, 22207\, United States
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