May 18th, 2024

10am - 3pm

Carver Community Center & Hoffman-Boston Grounds, Arlington, Virginia

Schedule

Activities

Games & Crafts

Arts & Crafts, Bingo, Face Painting, Moon Bounce

Exhibition

Arlington Emergency Services, Arlington DES, Arlington Historical Society, DC United, Eco-action Arlington, FBI, Hoffman-Boston PTA, Marymount University, Samaritan Ministry, Spread the Vote, and more!

Oral History

Recording Memories of Long-time Neighbors

Food

Speakers

Craig Syphax

The Development of Arlington View

Craig Syphax lives in Arlington View, is a product of the Arlington school system and has been a board member of the Black Heritage Museum of Arlington since 1998, having also served as President of that nonprofit.  Craig has done video production for over twenty years (in addition to managing a paint company and a real estate company) and is a producer at Arlington Independent Media. Craig's video interpretation of his family genealogy ("Syphax, Rising from the Crucible of Slavery") chronicled their achievements in Arlington and Washington DC. 

Jessica Kaplan

Contrary to the Spirit of Humanity: Enslavement in Arlington View

Jessica Kaplan, a longtime resident of Arlington, is a retired archivist and has been a freelance historical researcher for more than 20 years. She serves as editor of the Arlington historical magazine and is a co-Director of the project “Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington.” She is also a Master Gardener and headed up research on methods used by colonial Virginians in their kitchen gardens. Her publications about Arlington include “The Bottom: an African-American Enclave Rediscovered“.

Lloyd Wolf

Lloyd Wolf, Chief Photographer of the Columbia Pike Documentary Project | A World in a Zip Code

Lloyd Wolf is an award-winning photographer, author and educator with work collected in the Katzen Museum, the Library of Congress, the Museum of Jewish Heritage, American University of Cairo, and numerous other institutions. His work has been exhibited in over 150 national and international exhibitions.

As chief photographer on The Columbia Pike Documentary Project, he offers a multidisciplinary history of Columbia Pike's Arlington corridor across the most ethnically diverse communities.  Partnered with Dewey Tron, Xang Mimi Ho, Lara Ajami, Sushmita Mazumdar and others on the Columbia Pike Documentary Project, they have been using photography and oral history to document life along "the Pike".

Sometimes referred to as  the "World in Zipcode", the Pike is home to an extraordinary number of immigrants from nearly every nation on the planet, to historically-significant African-American communities, and to a range of long-term and new residents and businesses of every background, flavor, and description.  Lloyd's ability to tell their stories both orally and through his photography is a touching event you will not want to miss.

Hoffman-Boston Living History

A Panel of Hoffman-Boston Alumni

Prior to integration, Hoffman-Boston was the only Junior and Senior high school in Arlington County for African-Americans. The last high school graduating class was in 1964. Former students will offer first hand accounts of what the school was like in those days. Marie Gee was a member of the 1964 final graduating class. Vander Lockett and Yvonne Dangerfield also attended, but were transferred to other schools after Hoffman-Boston was closed. Come learn about incredible educators, sports victories, and activities that contributed to the rich history of the school and hear these former students share their favorite memories. 

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