Events Calendar

Lynne Garvey-Hodge, a Fairfax County History Commissioner, will speak on Clifton’s Ivakota Farm, which from 1915 to 1925 served as a school and home for unwed mothers and their children. **Note that we'll have to meet a week early this month, to accommodate the library's book sale.**

Learn how, in 1898, Camp Alger’s poor sanitation led to typhoid and a disastrous relocation march.  Presenter: Cindy Bennett.   This talk will be at Kings Park Library.  To register (beginning two weeks in advance), please find the program through the library’s events page.   The BHS is pleased to offer guest speakers to local…

Historian Jeanne Niccolls will present her extensive research on local jousting tournaments, a popular entertainment which persisted into the 20th century.

Chip and LaVerne Carson, fifth generation Burkites, relate stories about interesting and unique people who called this area home in the days before Burke Centre.

Join us for the Burke Historical Society’s Annual Meeting!  We’ll look briefly at our own town’s history, as well as other Burkes across the country and abroad.  Speaker: Brian Slawski.

Learn of the planning and creation of the O&A, a 19th-century link between northern and central Virginia.  Presenter: Jon Vrana.   This talk is part of our monthly series at George Mason Regional Library, on third Thursday evenings from May 2017 through June 2018.  To register (beginning two weeks in advance), please find the program…

Over the years, several of Fairfax County’s once-vibrant communities have faded from view.  Learn about the “big five” of these lost towns.  Speakers: Heather Bollinger and Jeff Clark.

Discover the remarkable life of Clara Barton, Civil War nurse and founder of the American Red Cross.  Presenter: Mary Lipsey.   This talk is part of our monthly series at George Mason Regional Library, on third Thursday evenings from May 2017 through June 2018.  To register (beginning two weeks in advance), please find the program…

Learn about Union Col. John Thomas Wilder and his 17th Indiana “Lightning Brigade,” whose new Spencer repeating rifles were instrumental in the Tullahoma Campaign of Tennessee.  Speaker: Scott Diezman.

The railroad’s arrival was what first put Burke on the map.  Hear the Virginia Room’s Chris Barbuschak share his research and new discoveries on Burke’s two historic rail depots.