History Trivia Quiz

This public art, named “The Family” by Winnie Owens Hart was installed in 2004 at High View Park.  It shows a family at the center of the community.

Gertrude Crocker was the Treasurer of the National Woman’s Party formed in 1916 to fight for women’s suffrage.

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.

The hill straddles the Arlington-Fairfax County border to its northeast but its summit—459 feet above sea level—lies in Arlington.  It is named for George Minor who lived there and fought in the Revolutionary War.

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

He served as the Commonwealth’s Attorney from 1904- 1915.

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”

Fort C. F. Smith officials report that what is now Arlington County had 22 Civil War forts.

In 1922, in Bennett vs. Garrett the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals denied Clarendon’s request to become its own town.  It held that getting a town charter depends on the best interest of the entire county. 

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program called ARPANET was the forerunner to what is today the Internet.