History events in Northern Virginia
Tours, talks, living history and museum programs over the next two weeks at Northern Virginia's historic sites, museums and libraries, gathered from local calendars, libraries, parks and venues across Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William and checked every few hours.
57 listed for the next two weeks, most in Alexandria, Manassas and Arlington. 10 are free. Next up: Fairfax City Ghost Tour - Wright Adventure Company, 7:00 PM today.
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Sunday, November 1Other days
High Seas and Hardtack
Colvin Run Mill Park
Cain's Branch Archaeology Tour
Sully Historic Site Park · Chantilly
Monday, November 2Other days
Rock Your Mocs Scavenger Hunt!
Kings Park Library · Burke
Moccasin Scavenger Hunt: A Celebration of Native American Heritage Month
Herndon Fortnightly Library · Herndon
Tuesday, November 3Other days
Movies That Move: “Hamilton”
The Leila Gordon Theatre · Reston
The Curator is IN!
Manassas Museum
Movies That Move: “Hamilton”
The Leila Gordon Theatre · Reston
DiNo-vember: Celebrate Dinosaurs!
Quincy Room · Arlington
Wednesday, November 4Other days
Moccasin Scavenger Hunt: A Celebration of Native American Heritage Month
Herndon Fortnightly Library · Herndon
Thursday, November 5Other days
Historic Campus Walking Tour
Lorton Prison Museum, Building W2 · Lorton
Friday, November 6Other days
Flags for Heroes
Manassas Museum Lawn · Manassas
Pershing's Own: A Salute to Veterans
Hylton Performing Arts Center, Merchant Hall · Manassas
Saturday, November 7Other days
Stitches on the Farm Quilt Festival
Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum
Middleburg Veterans Banners Dedication Ceremony
Middleburg Community Center · Middleburg
Specialty Tour: Hamilton's BFF & Frenemies
Gadsby's Tavern Museum
Northern Virginia Veterans Parade
Historic Downtown Manassas · Manassas
18th Annual Veterans Day Parade
Historic Downtown Manassas
Aviation Therapy Book Signing at Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum
Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center · Chantilly
Enslaved Lives and the Legacy of Slavery
Historic Huntley Park
Fairfax Food Tour
Fairfax
Gallery Talk: Native Legacy
Manassas Museum
Carlyle House Family Fun Day
Carlyle House Historic Park · Alexandria
Revolutionary-Era Transcribe-A-Thon
120 N. Virginia Ave. Main Level, behind the Service Desk, Falls Church, VA 22046
Finding and Using U.S. World War I Military Records
City of Fairfax Regional Library · Fairfax
Why is Arlington's Oldest Building a Microcosm of American History?
Glencarlyn Library · Arlington
Explore Indigenous Arlington
Central Library · Arlington
An Autumn in Old Town – A Piano Concert
Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum · Alexandria
Reston Community Orchestra: "250 Years of America"
RCC Hunters Woods · Reston
Sully Illuminated
Sully Historic Site Park · Chantilly
Grown-Up Field Trip: Who Gets Remembered
Gadsby's Tavern Museum
Sunday, November 8Other days
Apothecary Museum 20th Anniversary Open House
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum
15 Minute Hands-On History: In Their Own Words - Veterans' Stories
Arlington Historical Museum · Arlington
“Through the Eye of the Needle #4” Reception
RCC Lake Anne · Reston
Monday, November 9Other days
Moccasin Scavenger Hunt: A Celebration of Native American Heritage Month
Herndon Fortnightly Library · Herndon
Wednesday, November 11Other days
Veterans Day Ceremony
American Legion Post 177 · Fairfax
“The Gallant Young Carlisle of Alexandria”: Remembering George William Carlyle
Carlyle House Historic Park · Alexandria
Veterans Day Ceremony
City of Falls Church Community Center · Falls Church
Veterans Day Ceremony
Mt. Vernon Rec Center
Thursday, November 12Other days
Moccasin Scavenger Hunt: A Celebration of Native American Heritage Month
Herndon Fortnightly Library · Herndon
Mason Tea
Historic Huntley Park
The Washington-Rochambeau Route Through Arlington
Reinsch Library Auditorium · Arlington
The Forces Awaken!
Lyceum
Friday, November 13Other days
Prince William Model Railroad Traveling Train Show
Bull Run Library · Manassas
Sip & Stroll: Alexandria at War
Cherry on Top · Alexandria
Saturday, November 14Other days
Specialty Tour: Fort Ward & Civil War Music
Fort Ward Museum
Soar Together Family Day: Maps and Navigation
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center · Chantilly
Naturalist Walk: Reading the Land
Leopold’s Preserve
Specialty Tour: Hamilton's BFF & Frenemies
Gadsby's Tavern Museum
They Lived Here Too: Work & Slavery at Lee-Fendall
Lee-Fendall House Museum & Garden · Alexandria
Friendship Firehouse Museum Open
Friendship Firehouse Museum
10104 Dumfries Road – Veterans Day “LOOP FOR THE LIBRARY”
Manassas City Library · Manassas
Memorializing the Enslaved of Arlington: Dedication of 7 Stumbling Stones in Pike Park
Pike Park · Arlington