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  • The Night of Terror: Suffragists at the Occoquan Workhouse

    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 women led to the 1920 passage of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote. *This program will be presented online with George Mason…

  • Ghosts, Goons, and a Bunny Man

    BHS Treasurer Cindy Bennett shares spooky tales of local legends, haunted spots and the creepy monsters of Northern Virginia, including some who have never left. *This program will be presented…

  • 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…