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  • General Meeting: Tales from the Trench

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

    As part of our centennial retrospective on World War I, BHS President Jon Vrana presents stories and observations of life and death in the Great War.

  • 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 1812, to the development of today’s Fort Belvoir.

  • 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. Conservancy Festival Grounds ~ 6060 Burke Centre Parkway, Burke, VA 22015 http://www.burkecentreweb.com/sub_category_list.asp?category=19&title=Burke+Centre+Festival

  • 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. Conservancy Festival Grounds ~ 6060 Burke Centre Parkway, Burke, VA 22015 http://www.burkecentreweb.com/sub_category_list.asp?category=19&title=Burke+Centre+Festival

  • 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…