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BHS around Town: Belvoir Manor

Kings Park Library 9000 Burke Lake Rd, Burke, VA, United States

Hear local historian and archaeologist Patrick O’Neill speak on the history of the Belvoir area of Fairfax County, from the Fairfax family’s mansion on the Potomac, to the War of…

Burke Centre Festival

Burke Centre Conservancy Grounds 6060 Burke Centre Parkway, Burke, VA, United States

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.…

Burke Centre Festival

Burke Centre Conservancy Grounds 6060 Burke Centre Parkway, Burke, VA, United States

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.…

General Meeting: Remembering the World War I Soldier

Pohick Regional Library 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, United States

Mary Lipsey, Fairfax County History Commissioner, speaks about Fairfax County men who served and died in the Great War, and about how the war was commemorated here and nationally.

Genetic Genealogy

Burke Centre Library 5935 Freds Oak Rd, Burke, VA, United States

While complicated, DNA testing can help you burst through the brick walls in your Genealogy. Learn the basics of Ancestry DNA and how it can be used to aid your…

General Meeting: Carving Out the Wilderness

Pohick Regional Library 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, United States

Debbie Robison, a Fairfax County History Commissioner, will discuss early local settlement, including the formation of roads, the Colonial economy, and land grants for the future Burke area.

BHS around Town: The Murder of Eva Roy

Burke Centre Library 5935 Freds Oak Rd, Burke, VA, United States

Cindy Bennett will speak about the 1918 murder of 14-year-old Eva Roy in Burke and the tangled investigation that followed.

General Meeting: The Regional Prehistory of Gold

Pohick Regional Library 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, United States

Mike Johnson, former Senior Archaeologist for the Fairfax County Park Authority, discusses the geologic processes that resulted in gold deposits in our area.

Preserve Your Heirloom Photographs and Documents

Burke Centre Library 5935 Freds Oak Rd, Burke, VA, United States

Photographs, letters, ledgers, and more!  Does this sound like your family archives?  Virginia Room librarian Chris Barbuschak will share preservation techniques you can use at home.   The Burke Historical…

General Meeting: Wicked Fairfax County

Pohick Regional Library 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke, VA, United States

Cindy Bennett shares anecdotes from her new book Wicked Fairfax County, recounting events like the typhoid epidemic at Camp Alger, a 1918 murder in Burke, and, of course, the Bunnyman.

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