Local History - Arlington Magazine

Yup. These things really happened here.

Long before he made his first tackle, Michael McCrary was at the center of a civil rights case that went to the highest court.

And it all started at a government research lab in Arlington.

In 1912, Arlington was home to the world's most powerful wireless station.

Ruth Desmond was a homemaker and a pioneering consumer advocate.

Yes, but she never made a penny off of it. Here's why.

The vaccine trial that curbed a nationwide epidemic started at Franklin Sherman Elementary School.

The "father of the blood bank" grew up in Arlington. And his legacy is lasting.

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Voters didn't consistently choose Democratic presidential candidates until the 1980s.

The historic Ball-Sellers House has centuries of stories to tell.

The seven oil paintings are considered Arlington’s first works of public art.

Once it was a private retreat for the rich and famous. Then it went wild.