In-Person Meeting: The Marshall House in Burke, Then & Now
Pohick Regional Library 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, United StatesDarrell Marshall will speak on one of Burke’s most historic houses, first built ca 1852 for John and Mary Marshall (probably no relation to our speaker). *This program will be…
In-Person Meeting: Historic Schools of the Burke Area
Pohick Regional Library 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, United StatesJeff Clark, an expert on the history of Fairfax County Public Schools, will discuss the various schools that served the Burke-area community over the years. *This program will be presented…
In-Person Meeting: Rescue of Mount Vernon
Mary Lipsey will speak on how George Washington's estate fell into disrepair and how the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association mobilized to save it. *This program will be presented in person…
In-Person Meeting: Old Burke Village
Pohick Regional Library 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, United StatesKathleen Jablonski will share her research on (Old) Burke Village, originally known as the Marshall and Brown subdivision, a historic hidden treasure of Burke. *This program will be presented in…
In-Person Meeting: Book talk—The Enchanted Suitcase: A Window Onto My German Father’s World War II Life
Pohick Regional Library 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, United StatesHelga Warren will speak on her newly published book, inspired by stumbling upon her German father’s memoirs of World War II—a striking account of his journey to Paris, Normandy, a…
BHS around Town: The Carrington Event, Locally and Globally
Oakton Library 10304 Lynnhaven Place, Oakton, VA, United StatesBrian Slawski from the Burke Historical Society will speak on the 1859 geomagnetic storm, with background on the science of space weather, scientific knowledge and institutions of the time, and…
In-Person Meeting: Oakton in the Civil War
Pohick Regional Library 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, United StatesJim Lewis will speak on the tensions and trials that Oakton (then known as Flint Hill) endured throughout the American Civil War. *This program will be presented in person at…
In-Person Meeting: Freedmen’s Bureau Schools in Fairfax County
Pohick Regional Library 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, United StatesDebbie Robison will speak on schools established or supported by the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands to serve African American children in Fairfax County after the Civil War.…
Hybrid Meeting: The Kansas City Skywalk Tragedy: Engineering Ethics
Pohick Regional Library 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, United StatesRobynn Andracsek, PE, will speak about the 1981 collapse of the skywalk at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, which killed 114 people and was the most devastating structural…
In-Person Meeting: Hidden History of Herndon
Pohick Regional Library 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, United StatesBarbara Glakas from the Herndon Historical Society will speak on her new book Hidden History of Herndon. *This program will be presented in person at Pohick Regional Library. No registration…