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An Introduction to Archaeology
An Introduction to Archaeology
The Burke Historical Society is pleased to announce our theme for 2016: the Year of Research! All year long, we'll host free classes at Burke Centre Library on the first Tuesday of the month, each covering a different tool for online historical research. Instruction runs from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., with time afterwards for consultations…
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Burke History Day 2016
Burke History Day 2016
Please join us at our new venue for Burke History Day 2016! All the details can be found here!
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BHS at the Library: “The Long Road Home”
BHS at the Library: “The Long Road Home”
BHS President Jon Vrana will speak at George Mason Regional Library, in the character of a soldier from Fairfax County returning home at the end of the Civil War. What will he find at home? What might the future hold for him? This event is part of our public outreach through the BHS Speakers Bureau. To attend,…
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General Meeting: “Treason in the Rockies”
General Meeting: “Treason in the Rockies”
For our November general meeting, author Paul N. Herbert will speak on his latest book, Treason in the Rockies, which tells the dramatic and practically forgotten story of Harvard honor alumnus and Nazi sympathizer Dale Maple, who in WWII broke two German POWs out of confinement in Camp Hale, Colorado, attempting to flee with them to…