In-Person Meeting: P.O. Box 1142, WWII Intelligence Camp
2022-08-28 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | 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
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
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

In-Person Meeting: Historic Schools of the Burke Area
2022-11-27 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
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

In-Person Meeting: Rescue of Mount Vernon
2022-12-18 15:00 - 16:00
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

In-Person Meeting: Old Burke Village
2023-01-29 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
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

In-Person Meeting: Book talk—The Enchanted Suitcase: A Window Onto My German Father’s World War II Life
2023-02-26 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
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 experience in America, but also a new perspective on the father she thought she knew.
*This program will be presented in person at Pohick Regional Library. No registration is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/calendar

BHS around Town: The Carrington Event, Locally and Globally
2023-05-06 10:30 - 11:30 | Oakton Library, 10304 Lynnhaven Place, Oakton, VA, 22124-1785, United States
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 see our Speakers Bureau page.
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/10347652

In-Person Meeting: Oakton in the Civil War
2023-05-28 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
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

In-Person Meeting: Freedmen’s Bureau Schools in Fairfax County
2023-06-25 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
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/

Hybrid Meeting: The Kansas City Skywalk Tragedy: Engineering Ethics
2023-07-30 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
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 Regional Library. Register here:*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/10881353

In-Person Meeting: Hidden History of Herndon
2023-08-27 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
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/

In-Person Meeting: Lorton Prisons
2023-09-24 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
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/

In-Person Meeting: The History of Lake Accotink
2023-10-29 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
Debi DeLoose, Mike DeLoose, and Mary Lipsey will jointly recount the fascinating history of Lake Accotink, from wartime exigency to recreational facility.
This program will be presented in person at Pohick Regional Library. No registration is required.
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/

In-Person Meeting: Gee Gee and Speedee—The Historical Saga of McDonald’s in Fairfax County
2023-11-26 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
In 1957, the Gee Gee Food Corporation opened the first McDonald’s in Virginia on Route 1 in Alexandria. Chris Barbuschak will describe how they built the largest single franchise operation of the McDonalds chain in the nation until Ray Kroc bought them out in 1967.
*This program will be presented in person at Pohick Regional Library. No registration is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/calendar

BHS around Town: Gold in Local History
2023-12-11 19:00 - 20:00 | George Mason Regional Library, 7001 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA, 22003, United States
Learn some of the science of gold and hear about the national and regional history of the 79th element, including mining operations and tales of lost treasure.
*This program will be presented in person at George Mason Regional Library. Registration is available but not required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/10628763
The BHS is pleased to offer guest speakers to local libraries and other groups. For more information, please see our Speakers Bureau page.

In-Person Meeting: Construction of Camp Humphreys
2023-12-17 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
Patrick O’Neill from the Burke Historical Society will speak on the origins of Fort Belvoir, which began in 1915 as Camp A.A. Humphreys, an engineer training facility for the U.S. Army.
*This program will be presented in person at Pohick Regional Library. No registration is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/9927274

BHS around Town: History of the 14th Street Bridges
2024-01-08 19:00 - 20:00 | George Mason Regional Library, 7001 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA, 22003, United States
Today’s bridges are only the latest versions of various spans dating almost to the capital’s founding. Learn about about the fascinating history of the 14th Street bridges into Washington, historically known as the Long Bridge over the Potomac.
*This program will be presented in person at George Mason Regional Library. Registration is available but not required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/11154046
The BHS is pleased to offer guest speakers to local libraries and other groups. For more information, please see our Speakers Bureau page.

In-Person Meeting: Images of America: Burke
2024-01-28 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
A panel from the Burke Historical Society will discuss the Society’s own contribution to Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series. Hear how the book came together and enjoy some fascinating photographs and stories from Burke’s history!
*This program will be presented in person at Pohick Regional Library. No registration is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/calendar

BHS around Town: The Beginnings of D.C.
2024-02-12 19:00 - 20:00 | George Mason Regional Library, 7001 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA, 22003, United States
Learn about the land, early houses and founding of Washington, D.C.—a planned city that, after much compromise, finally succeeded previous seats of government.
*This program will be presented in person at George Mason Regional Library. Registration is available but not required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/11154047
The BHS is pleased to offer guest speakers to local libraries and other groups. For more information, please see our Speakers Bureau page.

In-Person Meeting: Desegregation in Northern Virginia Libraries
2024-02-25 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
Suzanne LaPierre and Chris Barbuschak will speak on their recent book Desegregation in Northern Virginia Libraries, which details the history of unequal access across the region’s various library systems and the efforts that led to their integration.
*This program will be presented in person at Pohick Regional Library. No registration is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/calendar

BHS around Town: A Place Called Ilda
2024-03-11 19:00 - 20:00 | George Mason Regional Library, 7001 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA, 22003, United States
Ilda was a mixed-race community in the area of Little River Turnpike and Guinea Road. Fairfax County History Commission member Tom Shoop will share what he learned while writing his new book, A Place Called Ilda: Race and Resilience at a Northern Virginia Crossroads.
*This program will be presented in person at George Mason Regional Library. Registration is available but not required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/11154048
The BHS is pleased to offer guest speakers to local libraries and other groups. For more information, please see our Speakers Bureau page.

In-Person Meeting: Joyana Peters on Historical Fiction
2024-03-24 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
Joyana Peters, local author of The Girl from Saint Petersburg and The Girl in the Triangle, will discuss her historical fiction and her approaches to research and writing.
*This program will be presented in person at Pohick Regional Library. No registration is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/calendar

In-Person Meeting: Understanding Maps and the Stories They Tell
2024-07-28 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
Ronald Grim from the Washington Map Society (and past Curator of Maps for the Norman B. Leventhal Map and Education Center at the Boston Public Library) will discuss the significance and layered meanings to be found in historic maps.
*This program will be presented in person at Pohick Regional Library. No registration is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/11353178

In-Person Meeting: The History of Quilting in Virginia
2024-08-25 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
Bunnie Jordan, a quilt maker, appraiser, author, collector, and teacher, will speak on the long history of quilting in the Old Dominion, sharing anecdotes of especially significant quilts and quilters.
*This program will be presented in person at Pohick Regional Library. No registration is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/calendar

In-Person Meeting: The NIKE Missile Site at Lorton
2024-09-29 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
Alan McKie will speak on the United States’ NIKE missile air defense system built during the Cold War, and in particular on its largest installation at Lorton.
*This program will be presented in person at Pohick Regional Library. No registration is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/calendar

In-Person Meeting: Black Communities of Fairfax: A History
2024-10-27 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
Co-authors Etta Willson, Rita Colbert, Linneall Naylor, Rondia Prescott, and Jenée Lindner will speak on their recently published book, which documents the history of the free Black communities that developed around Fairfax Court House.
*This program will be presented in person at Pohick Regional Library. No registration is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/calendar

In-Person Meeting: The Jewish Community of Northern Virginia
2024-12-15 15:00 - 16:00 | Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, 22015, United States
Co-authors Susan and Shawn Dilles will speak on their recently published book, describing the Jewish community that has been a part of Northern Virginia for over 175 years.
*This program will be presented in person at Pohick Regional Library. No registration is required.*
https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/calendar
