Events

Mary Lipsey, a volunteer docent at the National Archives, will offer advice on how to expand your genealogical research using the Archives and other resources. *This talk will be presented…

Chris Brown, Post 7916 VFW Auxiliary Historian, recounts his adventure leading a small team in search of a lost Revolutionary War veteran’s grave in Putnam County, New York. *This talk…

Historian and archaeologist Patrick O’Neill will discuss local events during the War of 1812, and particularly the squadron of British warships that effectively took Alexandria hostage and engaged with American…

The Burke Historical Society’s Mary Lipsey will present an overview of various historic houses across Springfield, Annandale, and Burke. *This talk will be presented online with Richard Byrd Library as…

Chris Brown, Post 7916 VFW Auxiliary Historian, recounts his adventure leading a small team in search of a lost Revolutionary War veteran’s grave in Putnam County, New York.  *This talk…

Rohulamin Quander, a retired judge, genealogist, historian, and author, speaks about the Quanders of Fairfax County and beyond, one of the oldest and most notable African-American families in the country.…

Jon Vrana from the Burke Historical Society will discuss 19th-century Irish emigration to the New World, from the perspective of an Irishman on his journey to New York, the Midwest,…

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…

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…