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It Happened In Cherrydale

Post Published: July 5, 2018

Photographs from the Neighborhood's History

On exhibit at the Cherrydale Branch Library, June 6, 2018 - March 18, 2019.

Three police officers stand at the entrance to Stratford Jr. High School as the four black students enrolled in the previously all-white school arrive for classes in Arlington, Va., on Feb. 3, 1959. One of the officers records the scene with a movie camera. Approaching the entrance are, left to right, Lance Newman, 13, Ronald Deskins, 12, Michael Jones, 12, and Gloria Thompson, 12. (AP Photo)
Cherrydale Drug Fair lunch counter sit in 1960
Cherrydale Volunteer Fire Dept on September 11

"It Happened in Cherrydale" commemorates the Cherrydale neighborhood's 125th anniversary and notes three major historical events that touched it:

  • The integration of Stratford Junior High in 1959
  • The Cherrydale Drug Fair lunch-counter sit-in in 1960
  • The contribution of the Cherrydale Volunteer Fire Department at the Pentagon on 9/11

The exhibit includes some "then and now" photos of the school integration and the Drug Fair sit-in, plus some rare photos of the Cherrydale Volunteer Fire Department at the Pentagon.

July 5, 2018 by Web Editor Filed Under: Art Exhibits, On Exhibit

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