Local History - Arlington Magazine

Remembering the day a pilot ran out of fuel and narrowly averted disaster in an Arlington schoolyard. 🛩️

That time a Bob's Big Boy mascot ended up on the roof of Wakefield High School...and other memorable acts of mischief.

Chinn-Baker Funeral Service started out serving Arlington's Black community when others would not. It's still in business today.

During the disco era, this local country band made an ironic name for itself, sharing bills with Emmylou Harris and Jerry Lee Lewis.

Local historians are unearthing important details about the lives of enslaved people who called Arlington home.

Visit historic sites, celebrate Black culture and learn about important African Americans who shaped our communities.

A cemetery near Mount Vernon may be the final resting place of the enslaved woman who held the keys to the Custis-Lee estate during the Civil War.

Half a century ago, this short-lived experiment in student-directed learning was a precursor to the creation of H-B Woodlawn.

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Astronaut David M. Brown was as down-to-earth as he was starry-eyed. He perished on the space shuttle Columbia.

Fifty years ago, the Skyline Plaza construction disaster emitted a dust cloud so thick that it filled the stadium of Wakefield High School.

In the late '70s, the construction of this major commuter route elicited fierce protests, and even arrests.

Once upon a time, Holly Farms Chicken was the place to go for buckets full of comfort.