Events Calendar

Come visit the Burke Historical Society’s extra-large display area at the Burke Centre Festival!  We’ll have lots of historical displays, information about our activities, and friendly people to chat with.

Come visit the Burke Historical Society’s extra-large display area at the Burke Centre Festival!  We’ll have lots of historical displays, information about our activities, and friendly people to chat with.

This program is a Fairfax County Park Authority event, but the presenter will be Burke Historical Society member Mary Lipsey.  Join the Friends of Lake Accotink Park for a discussion of the history of the land that is now the park, followed by a walking tour of some of its historic sites.  Registration through Parktakes…

Learn of the Fairfax family's mansion on the Potomac and its destruction during the War of 1812.  Presenter: Patrick O’Neill.   This talk is part of our monthly series at George Mason Regional Library, on third Thursday evenings from May 2017 through May 2018.  To register (beginning two weeks in advance), please find the program…

Hear about the 1918 murder of 14-year-old Eva Roy in Burke and the tangled investigation that followed.  Presenter: Cindy Bennett.   This talk is part of our monthly series at George Mason Regional Library, on third Thursday evenings from May 2017 through May 2018.  To register (beginning two weeks in advance), please find the program…

Learn about the Civil-War Union prison in Washington, D.C., and some of its notable inmates.  Presenter: Jon Vrana.   This talk is part of our monthly series at George Mason Regional Library, on third Thursday evenings from May 2017 through May 2018.  To register (beginning two weeks in advance), please find the program through the…

Celebrate ten years of Burke Centre Library!  Among the festivities, BHS President Jon Vrana will speak at 3:00 p.m. about the Orange & Alexandria Railroad and its central role in Burke’s history.

Come visit the Burke Historical Society’s extra-large display area at the Burke Centre Festival!  We’ll have lots of historical displays, information about our activities, and friendly people to chat with. Conservancy Festival Grounds ~ 6060 Burke Centre Parkway, Burke, VA 22015 http://www.burkecentreweb.com/sub_category_list.asp?category=19&title=Burke+Centre+Festival

Come visit the Burke Historical Society’s extra-large display area at the Burke Centre Festival!  We’ll have lots of historical displays, information about our activities, and friendly people to chat with. Conservancy Festival Grounds ~ 6060 Burke Centre Parkway, Burke, VA 22015 http://www.burkecentreweb.com/sub_category_list.asp?category=19&title=Burke+Centre+Festival

Mary Lipsey will speak at the Herndon Historical Society (in the historic Herndon Depot) on the remarkable life of Clara Barton, Civil War nurse and founder of the American Red Cross.