A free event to celebrate Juneteenth National Independence Day, the day in 1865 when enslaved people near Galveston, Texas first learned they were free. Historical Society of Fairfax County, VA Inc will have a table the event! For more information on what’s planned, participating vendors, the opening ceremony, and parking locations, visit this link: https://www.fairfaxva.gov/government/parks-recreation/special-events/juneteenth
Annual meeting featuring book launch for Marion Dobbins’s book “The Lost Black Communities of Merrifield, the Pines and Williamstown.” Starts at 12:00 (updated time)! First Baptist Church of Merrifield, 8122 Ransell Rd Falls Church, VA
11 a.m. at City of Fairfax Regional Library (10360 North St, Fairfax, VA 22030) Andrew Snowman, GMU Masters student in History will present his research – “Policing of Black Bodies in Antebellum Fairfax County: Slave Patrols and the 1840 Rescue at Spring Bank” https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/15195106 City of Fairfax Regional Library, Meeting Rooms 101A and B
Historical Society members meet with Fairfax County Retired Educators and Historic Schoolhouses of Northern Virginia to discuss possibilities for the school’s future. Location: Legato School and Museum (on Chain Bridge Road on Fairfax Court House grounds)
The Historical Society of Fairfax County is hosting historian Susan Hellman to discuss her documentation on The Negro Travelers’ Green Book. Due to its centralized location along the mid-Atlantic coast, Virginia maintained a major presence in The Green Book from 1938 to 1967. Virginia was a destination and a point of departure, as well as a place […]
Historic Pleasant Grove Church and Museum- short meeting and museum tour. 8641 Lewinsville Rd., McLean, VA
Cosponsored with George Mason University’s Center for Mason Legacies. At GMU’s Fenwick Library, Room 1014A. David Armstrong discusses his research on Elizabeth Hooe. Jasper Ramsay will talk about George Mason and the early justices of the Fairfax County Court. Visitor parking at Mason Pond parking (closest) or Rappahannock River Parking Deck (Patriot Circle)
Cosponsored with Friends of the Colvin Run Mill. Society member and archaeologist Emily Smith presents To Make Holiday: Identifying the Presence and Practice of Alcohol Consumption on the Ancient Egyptian Colonial Frontier. Tour the mill after the program. Colvin Run Mill, 1007 Colvin Run Rd., Great Falls, education center.
Fairfax County History Commission conference with partners HSFC, Fairfax County Park Authority, Fairfax 250, and GMU. Official schedule and additional information below! The conference and events are free, but registration is required. Register at this link: https://fairfax.usedirect.com/FairfaxFCPAWeb/ACTIVITIES/Details.aspx?session_id=579879&back_url=fi9BQ1RJVklUSUVTL1NlYXJjaC5hc3B4 Official Schedule Additional Informational Flyer
Society historian and board member George Oberle, PhD, will discuss his new book Creating an Informed Citizenry: Knowledge and Democracy in the Early American Republic Book signing and sales. Historic Oakton Schoolhouse, 2841 Hunter Mill Rd., Oakton. Park in schoolhouse lot or across street at church.
Annual meeting with elections and program. Elections will be held to select all officers and 4 board members. Historian Mary Lipsey will present Breaking Down Barriers: An African American History Inventory. The Historical Society of Fairfax County will elect officers and board members at a meeting on Saturday, June 13, at City of Fairfax Library at […]
GMU Fairfax campus, Fenwick Library, Main Reading Room (room 2001) Richard MacMaster, an expert on George Mason and author or co-author of many books, will be our guest speaker. He also is a new member of our historical society. He will discuss his book, The Five George Masons: Patriots and Planters of Virginia and Maryland. The […]