The Arlington County World War I Task Force and the Arlington Historical Society are sponsoring an event on Thursday, June 28 from 5:30pm until 8:00pm to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the end of the Great War. About 200 Arlingtonians were sent into battle and 13 gave their lives. For more information, visit the Arlington Historical Society website.
1000-Series Metro Cars Out of Arlington’s 11 Metro stations, six of them opened within Metro’s first 15 months of operation that began in 1976 and all but one were open by the time the system turned three. When the first stations opened, Arlington County’s population was approximately 156,000 (compared to over 230,000 today). Arlington County had made a conscious decision to focus high density development in the transit corridors. Arlington has grown up along with the Metro system. Metro’s development…
Preservation Arlington is seeking nominations of specific properties and places as well as general categories of properties that are threatened here in Arlington. Arlington is a great community with modern high rises and vibrant shopping areas, along with older commercial strips and quiet single-family neighborhoods. Is there a building or place that you see or use in your daily life and feel is an important part of your experience of living or working in Arlington? Are you concerned that it…
On February 26 the Halls Hill/Highview Park Preservation Coalition and County officials unveiled a marker for the Hall’s Hill Wall. Built in the 1930’s between the then-white community of Woodlawn and the African-American community of Hall’s Hill. Portions of the wall were removed in the 1960’s to build Culpeper Street and allow children easier access to local schools. The wall remains today as a symbol of our past. There was good press coverage including: AroundArlington Inside NOVA Falls Church News-Press…
Published in 2015, by a 30+ year member of the Arlington Police Department, this book contains fascinating information about our great police department. Author Janet Rowe was with the Arlington police from the early 1980’s until 2012. The book contains photographs from the Police Archives as well as from the personal collections of other officers. The Arlington Police Department, as we know it today, was formed in 1940. The book covers fallen officers, the various police stations and equipment, and…
After two well-attended public unveiling events this fall, a new booklet about Arlington’s former Little Saigon is now available to the public. Called Echoes of Little Saigon, the full-color booklet was authored by Kim O’Connell with support from Arlington County’s Department of Cultural Affairs, Historic Preservation Program, and Center for Local History and a grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. After the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War in April 1975, the commercial center…
The November meeting of the HALRB (Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board) will be begin at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, November 16. The agenda includes: Consent Agenda COA’s (Certificate of Appropriateness) in Broadview, Buckingham Village and Maywood historic districts; Historic Markers for Hall’s Hill Wall, Calloway Cemetery, Jennie Dean Park and the Blue Goose/Marymount University/Ballston Center; The Chairman will report on the status of historic designation requests for Westover and the Robert Ball Sr. Burial Ground; and, Committee Reports will…
The October meeting of the HALRB (Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board) will be begin at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, October 19. The very full agenda includes: Modifications requested in the Maywood Local Historic District; Arlington Historical Society (owners) request to install a stone outline of a previous addition to the Ball-Sellers House Historic District; Modifications to 2900 Columbia Pike, a historic structure in the Columbia Pike Form Based Code; Blue Goose Historic Marker presentation and discussion; Chairman’s Report on…
“A Guide to the African American Heritage of Arlington County, Virginia” is now in print and available online from the County’s Historic Preservation Program. The full-color, 64-page work is a much-expanded version of the original guide published in 2001 as part of the County’s bicentennial celebration. The original booklet was in such demand that print copies ran out several years ago. The updated publication, written and designed by County historic preservation planner John Liebertz, features captivating new information about African…
The public is invited to the unveiling of a newly published, full-color booklet documenting the history and significance of the arrival of Vietnamese immigrants to Arlington County following the fall of Saigon in 1975. The Little Saigon commercial center in Clarendon became a thriving commercial hub for newly arrived refugees from South Vietnam, and Arlington’s response opened doors for future waves of immigration by other ethnic groups, establishing the city’s reputation as a welcoming and diverse community. During this year’s…