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  • Virtual Meeting: Arlington’s Ball–Sellers House

    Annette Benbow, Director of the Ball–Sellers House Museum, will discuss the history and significance of the house in Arlington’s present-day Glencarlyn neighborhood, built in the 1750s by farmer John Ball…

  • Memories of the Great Depression

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

    Local author Ed Linz will discuss his book They Never Threw Anything Away: Memories of the Great Depression by Americans Who Lived It, which draws from his interviews with 22…

  • Virtual Meeting: The History of the Ilda Community

    Editor and avocational historian Tom Shoop will speak on his research thus far for a book on the history of the African American community of Ilda, located at Guinea Road…

  • Local History of Jazz, Part 3: The Infrastructure

    Brian Slawski from the Burke Historical Society will highlight some of the less obvious institutions that have helped support the local jazz scene past and present, in particular the festivals,…

  • Virtual Meeting: Burnt Burke

    Cindy Bennett, Jon Vrana, Chris Barbuschak, and Brian Slawski from the Burke Historical Society will discuss some of the more dramatic fires in the history of the Burke area, including…

  • Local History of the Civilian Conservation Corps

    Mary Lipsey from the Burke Historical Society will speak on how the Civilian Conservation Corps—President Franklin Roosevelt’s “Tree Army”—impacted life in Northern Virginia during the Great Depression. *This program will…

  • BHS around Town: Virginia’s Presidential Homes

    Richard Byrd Library 7250 Commerce Street, Springfield, VA, United States

    Patrick O’Neill from the Burke Historical Society will discuss the homes of the eight Virginians who became President of the United States. *This program will be presented in person at…

  • Virtual Meeting: Traveling Through the Old Dominion with The Green Book

    Susan Hellman will present her research on sites across Virginia that were endorsed by the various editions of The Green Book over the years; these guidebooks helped African-American motorists travel safely across the country by cataloguing businesses where they would be welcome. *This program will be presented online with Pohick Regional Library as host.  Registration…

  • Virtual Meeting: 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry: Private Lives, Public Records

    Reference librarian and genealogist Leslie Anderson will discuss her research on the 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry, including the lives of its members both before and after the Civil War, along with strategies that may help you with your own research. *This program will be presented online with Pohick Regional Library as host.  Registration at the…

  • Exhibit at the Sydenstricker Schoolhouse

    Sydenstricker Schoolhouse 8511 Hooes Road, Springfield, VA, United States

    From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 2nd,The Burke Historical Society will present a small exhibit at the Sydenstricker Schoolhouse.  See the historic schoolhouse and enjoy some of our posters on local history, including a new interpretive shadow box featuring artifacts from the Burke area.  Admission is free, but donations are appreciated to…