Remembering September 11: Cards for Firefighters
Eighteen years ago, children from around the country showed their support for Arlington’s first responders with drawings, words of encouragement and homemade cards.
The Jefferson School
Have you driven or walked past the Army Navy County Club in South Arlington? On that same ground in 1870, the Jefferson School opened to educate African-American students.
Bob Peck Chevrolet
If you’ve driven down Glebe Road in Ballston over the past few years, you might have noticed the diamond-shaped facade on a new office building at 800 N. Glebe Rd.
The Great Northern Virginia Elephant Hunt
If you were standing outside on August 21, you might have seen four enormous grey animals with extremely long noses gallop past, destroying buildings and crops between Arlington and Fairfax County.
Rediscover Grace Murray Hopper
Mathematician, Navy Veteran and Arlington resident, Grace Murray Hopper broke down gender barriers throughout her career in the emerging field of computer science.
“If You Don’t Vote, You Don’t Count”
Can you imagine having to pay a tax for the three previous years before you could cast your vote in an election? Or registering to vote for a federal election, and then discovering that doing so had not registered you to vote in a local election? Poll taxes and dual registrations are two systems that…
Pencil Me In: Waneta’s Dance Card
Have you ever “penciled someone in” for coffee, or said “my dance card is full” when you’re busy?
Dog Days with the Allwine Children
In the early part of the 1900s, on the site that later became Reagan National Airport, Vivian Allwine Ford grew up on a farm named Abingdon Plantation.
Thrills and Chills at Arlington Beach
A day at the beach sounds relaxing, but visitors to Arlington Amusement Beach in the 1920s sometimes got more thrills than anticipated…
Oral History: Introducing New Breads to Arlington
Interview with Carla and Wolfgang Buchler, owners of Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe.
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