All sessions are FREE and open to the public unless otherwise specifically noted. |
Monthly Programs
| Date | Time | Topic | Location | Description | YYMM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 18, 2019 | 7:30 PM | Traveling by Pullman | Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum | Pullman Historian Kevin Tankersley will provide an overview of the history of the Pullman Company and describe how DCNRHS interprets and recreates the Pullman experience for today’s travelers through the Chapter’s operation of Dover Harbor. Free and open to the public. | 1901 |
| February 15, 2019 | 7:30 PM | Capital Transit Company Faces War | Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum | Ken Rucker of the National Capital trolley Museum will talk about the Capital Transit Company and the integral role it played in Washington, D.C. during World War II as the city transformed overnight from a sleepy Southern City to the center of the free world during World War II. Free and open to the public. | 1902 |
| March 31, 2019 | 6:00 PM | 75th Anniversary Gala at the Army Navy Country Club (Arlington, VA). - Tickets will go on sale soon. | Our annual gala and awards dinner celebrating rail history, DCNRHS accomplishments, and our members. This year we are very fortunate to welcome noted rail historian John P. Hankey who willl speak to Washington, D.C. rail history as it was in 1944, the year DCNRHS was founded. | 190331 | |
| April 19, 2019 | 7:30 PM | A railroad related topic to be announced. | Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum | Free and open to the public. | 1904 |
| May 17, 2019 | 7:30 PM | A railroad related topic to be announced. | Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum | Free and open to the public. | 1905 |
| June 21, 2019 | 7:30 PM | A railroad related topic to be announced. | Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum | Free and open to the public. | 1906 |
| July 19, 2019 | 7:30 PM | A railroad related topic to be announced. | Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum | Free and open to the public. | 1907 |
| August 16, 2019 | 7:30 PM | Collinsville Inn - Restoration and Revival | Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum | DCNRHS' Chief Mechanical Officer Jim Lilly will take you behind the scenes and through the history and restoration of 1949 Budd Company Passenger Car Collinsville Inn, which was restored in 2015 by our members. Free and open to the public. | 1908 |
| October 18, 2019 | 7:30 PM | A railroad related topic to be announced. | Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum | Free and open to the public. | 1910 |
| November 15, 2019 | 7:30 PM | A railroad related topic to be announced. | Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum | Free and open to the public. | 1911 |
| December 20, 2019 | 7:30 PM | A railroad related topic to be announced. | Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum | Free and open to the public. | 1912 |
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