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New Traveling Exhibit
WWII : Voices of Service
Opens June 9
At Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center
Open Wednesdays through Mondays, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
This traveling banner exhibit from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History explores major events of the war through the photographs, letters, and oral histories of everyday Americans. From the attack on Pearl Harbor through the GI Bill, it provides an overview of important events on the battlefield and the home front.
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June 14, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Juneteenth Celebration
in Old Town Square
Music, speakers, historic information, children's activities, food vendors and more!
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June 28, 2 pm
at Historic Blenheim
Free Talk:
"The Creation of Black Mistrust in Police: An Exploration of the White Policing of Black Bodies in Fairfax County"
"A slave caught without a pass" woodcut from The Anti-Slavery Record May 1836. Library Company of Philadelphia.
George Mason University graduate Andrew Snowman’s ongoing scholarship explores the Black experience with white policing through the study of Fairfax County’s Antebellum policing and its evolution through Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights Movement. New scholarship from African American studies have provided tools that help revisit older examples of historical scholarship to help understand reasons for the current Black perspective toward police.
SAVE THE DATES for summer family fun programs:
- July 4 - Independence Day Open House at Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center
- July 24 - Graffiti Day at Historic Blenheim
- August 8 - Dairy Day at Historic Blenheim
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