Womens Work: Meet Dr. Knipling, Founder of the Outdoor Lab
In the 1960s, Dr. Knipling encountered a major challenge to developing the district’s science curriculum: her students’ lack of hands-on experiences with nature and wildlife.
Oral History: Interview with Elizabeth Campbell
Creating “Time for Science,” Hosting Eleanor Roosevelt Reading through the oral history interview with Elizabeth Campbell, it’s hard to find a corner of Arlington life that she wasn’t involved in. Education was a reoccurring theme in her myriad of interests; Mrs. Campbell was the only woman elected when the county adopted an elected school board,…
Oral History: Interview with Firefighter Julian Syphax
23 Years at Station 8, Hall’s Hill Julian Syphax was one of the first paid black firefighters in Arlington as well as one of the first paid firefighters at the Hall’s Hill station. The Arlington County Government began formerly providing fire protection in 1940, creating a career system for what was previously a network of…
From Freedman’s Village to Queen City
On property that today houses the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery, a little-known, thriving, African-American community called Freedman’s Village once stood.
Center for Local History’s Off-Site Community Archives to Close for Renovations
County News Release What: Community Archives to temporarily close starting February 1 until mid-April 2018 for upgrades. The Center for Local History’s Research Room at Central Library will remain open. Where: The Center for Local History’s off-site Community Archives: The Woodmont Community Center, 2422 N Fillmore St, Arlington, VA 22207 When: February 1 to mid-April 2018…
The Story of Arlington Public School Desegregation
Each January, the world remembers Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Best known for his efforts to eradicate racism and segregation, and for his philosophy of nonviolence, Dr. King’s leadership of the Montgomery bus boycott led to “court cases around the nation that challenged and overturned the constitutionality of Jim Crow laws.” One of those places was…
Oral History: Interview with Local Business Owner Robert Tramonte of the Italian Store
A Cornerstone of the Growing Lyon Village Community Arlington has no shortage of local businesses offering high quality food, goods, and services, and it might surprise you to learn just how long some of them have been established in the community. The Center for Local History has a growing collection of interviews with current and…
Exploring World War 1: Faces of War
An exhibit featuring the stories of Arlington’s WWI veterans will be on display in the Central Library lobby this November.
Oral History: Interview with Native American Navy Pilot Thomas Oxendine
Native American Experience in the U.S. Military Thomas Oxendine, from Pembroke, North Carolina, became the first Native American Navy Pilot when he served in World War II. Oxendine had an illustrious career as a Navy pilot, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross for landing at sea and under gunfire to make a rescue. After 29 years…
Code Girls and Arlington Hall: A Diverse History
From Girls School to Cryptanalysis Hub Author Liza Mundy, who did research for her new book “Code Girls” in our Center for Local History, will speak at Central Library on Thursday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. From 1927 to 1942, Arlington Hall was an all-female Junior College with a four-year high school department. It was…
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