History Trivia Quiz

The original permitted site for the Headquarters was in the Ballston Area at 928 North Randolph Street.

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.

Four elephants—Annie, Tommie, Jennie, and Queenie—somehow were startled, stampeded, and escaped.

The Bottom existed from 1850-1950 but residents were forced out by institutional racism and federal highway construction.

James Parks (1843-1929) helped historians locate landmarks that existed before the establishment of Arlington National Cemetery.  He died at Freedman's Village and was granted special permission to be buried at Arlington by the Secretary of War. 

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.

Many Arlington families can trace their roots back to residents of Freedman's Village. Names common in modern Arlington are found on the village's registry, names like Gray, Tippet, Parke, Pollard, and Syphax.

Marymount was the first Catholic college to be established in Virginia. It was founded by nuns in 1950 as a two-year women’s college.

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