Events

Suzanne LaPierre and Chris Barbuschak will speak on their recent book Desegregation in Northern Virginia Libraries, which details the history of unequal access across the region’s various library systems and…

Ilda was a mixed-race community in the area of Little River Turnpike and Guinea Road. Fairfax County History Commission member Tom Shoop will share what he learned while writing his…

Joyana Peters, local author of The Girl from Saint Petersburg and The Girl in the Triangle, will discuss her historical fiction and her approaches to research and writing. *This program…

Ronald Grim from the Washington Map Society (and past Curator of Maps for the Norman B. Leventhal Map and Education Center at the Boston Public Library) will discuss the significance…

Bunnie Jordan, a quilt maker, appraiser, author, collector, and teacher, will speak on the long history of quilting in the Old Dominion, sharing anecdotes of especially significant quilts and quilters.…

Alan McKie will speak on the United States’ NIKE missile air defense system built during the Cold War, and in particular on its largest installation at Lorton. *This program will…

Co-authors Etta Willson, Rita Colbert, Linneall Naylor, Rondia Prescott, and Jenée Lindner will speak on their recently published book, which documents the history of the free Black communities that developed…

Co-authors Susan and Shawn Dilles will speak on their recently published book, describing the Jewish community that has been a part of Northern Virginia for over 175 years. *This program…