Events Calendar

Jeff 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 at Pohick Regional Library.  No registration is required.* https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/calendar

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 at Pohick Regional Library. No registration is required.* https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/9185716

Kathleen 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 person at Pohick Regional Library.  No registration is required.* https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/calendar

Helga 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 POW camp in Alabama, and to a new life as an American.  Her discovery unveiled one of the few firsthand accounts of the German POW…

Brian 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 the risks that such storms pose today. The BHS is pleased to offer guest speakers to local libraries and other groups.  For more information, please…

Jim 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 Pohick Regional Library.  No registration is required.* https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/9927267

Debbie 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. *This program will be presented in person at Pohick Regional Library.  No registration is required.* https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/

Robynn 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 failure ever in the U.S. in terms of loss of life and injuries. *This program will be presented both online and in person at Pohick…

Barbara 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 is required.* https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/

Kenena Spalding from the Lucy Burns Museum at the Workhouse Arts Center will speak on her new book Lorton Prisons. *This program will be presented in person at Pohick Regional Library.  No registration is required.* https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/