Using ILL, Digitized Books, & Periodicals
Burke Centre Library 5935 Freds Oak Rd, Burke, VA, United StatesThe Burke Historical Society is pleased to announce our theme for 2016: the Year of Research! All year long, we'll host free classes at Burke Centre Library on the first…
Field Trip: Barrett Branch, Alexandria Library
For our December members-only field trip, we’ll take a tour of the Special Collections of the Kate Waller Barrett Branch of Alexandria Library. This area within the beautiful and historic…
Annual Meeting: “The 1898 Looting of Burke”
Lutheran Church of the Abiding Presence 6304 Lee Chapel Road, Burke, VA, United StatesPlease join us for the Annual Meeting of the Burke Historical Society! We’ll share a brief summary of the Society’s activities over the past year and our plans for 2017,…
Researching Slavery in Court Records
Burke Centre Library 5935 Freds Oak Rd, Burke, VA, United StatesCurious about the history of enslaved African-Americans in Fairfax County? Heather Bollinger, assistant archivist at the Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center, will present how they are creating a slavery…
General Meeting: “Jazz in and around Burke, Part 3” (New Time & Venue)
Pohick Regional Library 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, United StatesFor our February general meeting, Brian Slawski, BHS Vice President and Programs Chair, will conclude his series on jazz in Northern Virginia and the District, past and present, with a…
General Meeting: “Anna Maria Fitzhugh”
Pohick Regional Library 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, United StatesBHS member and Fairfax County History Commissioner Mary Lipsey will speak on the remarkable life of Anna Maria Fitzhugh of Ravensworth. Mrs. Fitzhugh (née Goldsborough) became one of Fairfax and…
Contributing to the Veterans History Project
Burke Centre Library 5935 Freds Oak Rd, Burke, VA, United StatesLearn how to conduct and submit an oral history of a veteran in your life, in support of the Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress. This training session…
General Meeting: The Carrington Event, Locally and Globally
Pohick Regional Library 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, United StatesIn late August and early September of 1859, a massive solar storm caused dramatic and poorly understood effects across the earth. Hear some of the local and worldwide accounts of…
Field Trip: St. Mary’s & Jerusalem Baptist Cemeteries
For our May members-only field trip, we'll join the Fairfax County Cemetery Preservation Association in tours of the historic cemeteries of St. Mary of Sorrows Catholic Church and Jerusalem Baptist…
BHS around Town: Camp Alger and a Local Epidemic
George Mason Regional Library 7001 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA, United StatesIn 1898, Camp Alger’s poor sanitation led to typhoid and a disastrous relocation march. Presenter: Cindy Bennett. This talk is part of our monthly series at George Mason Regional…