Local History - Arlington Magazine

Their ancestors came here centuries ago, some by choice and others by force.

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.

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

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.