Interpreting Census Records
2021-06-16 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | VA
Cindy Bennett from the Burke Historical Society will offer a general perspective on the federal Census as a genealogical tool. This program is not intended as a “how-to” for finding these records, but rather as an overview of what information the Census recorded each decade and how the genealogist should interpret it.
*This talk will be presented online with George Mason Regional Library as host. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/7628574

The Brown Family and Old Burke
2021-06-24 16:00 - 17:00 | VA
Paula Brown Kelley will share memories and stories of life in Burke before large subdivisions, and of her family’s role in Burke’s history. Her grandfather, Paul E. Brown, served as a Fairfax County judge and helped lead the successful campaign to relocate the planned airport that threatened Burke’s survival.
*This talk will be presented online with Pohick Regional Library as host. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/7786069

Local History of Jazz: The Venues
2021-07-17 17:00 - 18:00 | VA
Brian Slawski from the Burke Historical Society will discuss jazz clubs (and other less conventional jazz venues) past and present in Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia.
*This talk will be presented online with George Mason Regional Library as host. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/7527007

Almost Forgotten Women
2021-07-21 16:00 - 17:00 | VA
BHS member, local historian, and author Mary Lipsey will speak about her new book Almost Forgotten Women: Yesterday’s Headliners. The book describes the stories and accomplishments of over 60 remarkable women from American history, who struggled for equal rights and opportunities, and who were pioneers in fields ranging from politics to sports to science.
*This talk will be presented online with Pohick Regional Library as host. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/8016040

General Meeting: They Came for Freedom: Alexandria Freedmen’s Cemetery
2021-08-28 14:30 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
Historian and author Char McCargo Bah will discuss the historical background of the Contrabands and Freedmen who migrated to Alexandria during the Civil War. In addition, this lecture will demonstrate methods that were used to locate the descendants of the Freedmen and Contrabands who were buried at the Cemetery from 1864 to 1869.
*This talk will be presented online with Pohick Regional Library as host. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/8074278

Almost Forgotten Women
2021-09-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Patrick Henry Library, 101 Maple Ave. East, Vienna, VA, 22180-5794, United States
Local historian and author Mary Lipsey will speak about her new book Almost Forgotten Women: Yesterday’s Headliners. The book describes the stories and accomplishments of over 60 remarkable women from American history, who struggled for equal rights and opportunities, and who were pioneers in fields ranging from politics to sports to science. Books will be available for sale and signing.
This event will be held in the Meeting Room of Patrick Henry Library in Vienna. Please register in advance here: https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/7885646 .

Virtual Meeting: Scandalous Women of Civil War Washington
2021-09-29 18:30 - 20:00 | VA
Historian and author Dr. Cindy Gueli will explore the capital’s rich and colorful wartime history through some of its most notorious scandals involving women. Stories of murder, adultery, espionage, and prostitution reveal the intriguing life and culture unique to the city.
*This talk will be presented online with Pohick Regional Library as host. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/8284594

The Night of Terror: Suffragists at the Occoquan Workhouse
2021-10-06 16:00 - 17:00 | VA
Cindy Bennett from the Burke Historical Society will discuss the story and fate of 33 suffragists imprisoned at the Occoquan (Lorton) Workhouse in November 1917. The tenacity of these fearless women led to the 1920 passage of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote.
*This program will be presented online with George Mason Regional Library as host. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/8232354

Ghosts, Goons, and a Bunny Man
2021-10-25 19:00 - 20:00 | VA
BHS Treasurer Cindy Bennett shares spooky tales of local legends, haunted spots and the creepy monsters of Northern Virginia, including some who have never left.
*This program will be presented online with Richard Byrd Library as host. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/8000522

Virtual Meeting: Arlington’s Ball–Sellers House
2021-10-27 19:00 - 20:00 | VA
Annette Benbow, Director of the Ball–Sellers House Museum, will discuss the history and significance of the house in Arlington’s present-day Glencarlyn neighborhood, built in the 1750s by farmer John Ball and considered to be the oldest structure in the Washington region.
*This talk will be presented online with Pohick Regional Library as host. Please check the library’s calendar for a link to register.*

Memories of the Great Depression
2021-10-29 12:00 - 13:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
Local author Ed Linz will discuss his book They Never Threw Anything Away: Memories of the Great Depression by Americans Who Lived It, which draws from his interviews with 22 Americans from across the country who experienced the hardships of this period.
This program will be presented in-person in Pohick Regional Library’s Meeting Room. Please register here:
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/8177940

Virtual Meeting: The History of the Ilda Community
2021-11-23 19:00 - 20:00 | VA
Editor and avocational historian Tom Shoop will speak on his research thus far for a book on the history of the African American community of Ilda, located at Guinea Road and Little River Turnpike.
*This program will be presented online with Pohick Regional Library as host. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/8516879

Local History of Jazz, Part 3: The Infrastructure
2021-12-04 16:00 - 17:00 | VA
Brian Slawski from the Burke Historical Society will highlight some of the less obvious institutions that have helped support the local jazz scene past and present, in particular the festivals, education, and radio stations that sustain both musicians and audiences.
*This program will be presented online with George Mason Regional Library as host. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/8242370

Virtual Meeting: Burnt Burke
2022-01-25 19:00 - 20:00 | VA
Cindy Bennett, Jon Vrana, Chris Barbuschak, and Brian Slawski from the Burke Historical Society will discuss some of the more dramatic fires in the history of the Burke area, including the historical background of notable structures lost to flames.

*This program will be presented online with Pohick Regional Library as host. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/8584201

Local History of the Civilian Conservation Corps
2022-02-05 16:00 - 17:00 | VA
Mary Lipsey from the Burke Historical Society will speak on how the Civilian Conservation Corps—President Franklin Roosevelt’s “Tree Army”—impacted life in Northern Virginia during the Great Depression.
*This program will be presented online with George Mason Regional Library as host. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/8242371

BHS around Town: Virginia’s Presidential Homes
2022-02-26 14:00 - 15:00 | Richard Byrd Library, 7250 Commerce Street, Springfield, VA, 22150-3499, United States
Patrick O’Neill from the Burke Historical Society will discuss the homes of the eight Virginians who became President of the United States.
*This program will be presented in person at Richard Byrd Library. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/8825367

Virtual Meeting: Traveling Through the Old Dominion with The Green Book
2022-02-26 15:00 - 16:00 | VA
Susan Hellman will present her research on sites across Virginia that were endorsed by the various editions of The Green Book over the years; these guidebooks helped African-American motorists travel safely across the country by cataloguing businesses where they would be welcome.
*This program will be presented online with Pohick Regional Library as host. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/8868672

Virtual Meeting: 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry: Private Lives, Public Records
2022-03-26 15:00 - 16:00 | VA
Reference librarian and genealogist Leslie Anderson will discuss her research on the 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry, including the lives of its members both before and after the Civil War, along with strategies that may help you with your own research.
*This program will be presented online with Pohick Regional Library as host. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/8868680

Gold in Local History
2022-04-02 16:00 - 17:00 | George Mason Regional Library, 7001 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA, 22003, United States
Learn a bit of the science of gold, our 79th element, and hear about the regional history of this metal, including mining operations and some tales of lost treasure.
*This program will be presented in-person in George Mason Regional Library’s Meeting Room. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/8266855

Hybrid Meeting: Who was General Braddock and Where is his Gold?
2022-04-24 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
BHS Treasurer Cindy Bennett will discuss Gen. Edward Braddock, his expedition from Alexandria to Fort Duquesne, and the legends surrounding this campaign.
*This program will be presented in person at Pohick Regional Library and simultaneously available remotely via Zoom. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/9023190

In-Person Meeting: Escaping Detection: Women in the Civil War
2022-05-29 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
Mary Lipsey from the Burke Historical Society will discuss notable women who participated actively but secretly in the American Civil War, as spies and as soldiers.
*This program will be presented in person only at Pohick Regional Library. No registration is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/9023147

The Old Capitol Prison
2022-06-01 16:00 - 17:00 | VA
Jon Vrana, President of the Burke Historical Society, will recount the history of the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C., which went through several roles (including temporary Capitol of the United States) before being used as a prison during the Civil War.
*This program will be presented online with George Mason Regional Library as host. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/8276885

In-Person Meeting: Mulberry Hill
2022-06-26 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
Mary Rouse Root will speak about Mulberry Hill, one of the oldest houses in Burke, where she grew up.
*This program will be presented in person only at Pohick Regional Library. No registration is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/9218239

BHS around Town: Rescue of Mount Vernon
2022-07-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Richard Byrd Library, 7250 Commerce Street, Springfield, VA, 22150-3499, United States
BHS member Mary Lipsey will recount the story of the Washington family estate, its descent into disrepair, and the formation and struggle of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association to save it.
*This program will be presented in person only at Richard Byrd Library. No registration is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/9215814

Virtual Meeting: 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry: Private Lives, Public Records
2022-07-31 15:00 - 16:00 | VA
Reference librarian and genealogist Leslie Anderson will discuss her research on the 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry, including the lives of its members both before and after the Civil War, along with strategies that may help you with your own research.
*This program will be presented online with Pohick Regional Library as host. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/9170193

In-Person Meeting: P.O. Box 1142, WWII Intelligence Camp
2022-08-28 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
Ann Shields returns to speak in more detail on her extensive research into P.O. Box 1142, the top-secret military intelligence camp at Fort Hunt, Alexandria, during the Second World War.
*This program will be presented in person at Pohick Regional Library. No registration is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/9398521

In-Person Meeting: The Mantua Community
2022-09-25 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
Sue Kovach Shuman will discuss the history of the Mantua community, from the Northern Neck Proprietary to the present day, as documented in her recently published book for the Images of America series.
*This program will be presented in person at Pohick Regional Library. No registration is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/9185682

Virtual Talk: Ghosts, Goons, and a Bunny Man
2022-10-19 13:00 - 14:00 | VA
BHS Treasurer Cindy Bennett shares spooky tales of local legends, haunted spots and the creepy monsters of Northern Virginia, including some who have never left.
*This program will be presented online with George Mason Regional Library as host. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/9620615

Virtual Talk: Ghosts, Goons, and a Bunny Man (second opportunity)
2022-10-19 17:00 - 18:00 | VA
BHS Treasurer Cindy Bennett shares spooky tales of local legends, haunted spots and the creepy monsters of Northern Virginia, including some who have never left.
*This program will be presented online with Oakton Library as host. Registration at the link below is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/9623539

In-Person Meeting: The Marshall House in Burke, Then & Now
2022-10-30 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
Darrell 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 presented in person at Pohick Regional Library. No registration is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/calendar
