History Trivia Quiz

He played major league baseball from 1936 to 1948 and was selected for the All-Star team six times.

In 1917, the US entered World War I against Germany and authorities feared sabotage.

On his 1st  Chesapeake voyage: Jun 2 – Jul 21, 1608, Capt. John Smith led 14 men in search of a route to the Pacific. They headed north from Jamestown probing rivers inland including the Potomac. Some Native Americans were friendly and gave him food, others were not, and he departed quickly.

He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II.

The telephone was installed in 1894.  It was only connected to Saegmuller’s nearby Easter Spring Farm.

Federal Prohibition agents patrolled South Arlington Ridge Road often.

The land that includes present-day Arlington County (along with the City of Alexandria) was ceded to the federal government to become part of the new Federal District.

The 1896 shootout was at  Nelson’s Saloon in Jackson City which was at the Virginia end of the Long Bridge.  The shoot out is the subject of a new book “Shoot Out at Jackson City”

Drew Elementary School and Hoffman-Boston Elementary School were the last two schools in Arlington to be desegregated.

Arlington County destroyed some of the wall in 1966.  Arlington erected a historical sign in 2016 to honor the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Hall’s Hill. A storm in 2019 destroyed another section.