Look at our previously posted videos to see the first half of her feature.
Interviewed by Dinah Polhemus
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Interested in volunteering with AAHA? Use this link! www.aahafauquier.org/volunteer-form
✨Today’s Featured Volunteer is 𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐇𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚. Today’s final segment focuses on her volunteer work, specifically her contributions to AAHA’s Virginia 250 project. Dr. Huerta champions volunteer work, encouraging all not only to volunteer, but to become involved in preserving our history.
Records from AAHA’s Born Free and Emancipated database, 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟗 [cont.]
✦ You can find our complete database at www.aahafauquier.org/free-emancip... and additional resources at aahafauquier.catalogaccess.com
#AAHAFauquier #history #knowtheirnames #va250
📚📖Celebrate #NationalLibraryWeek by visiting AAHA’s exhibit in Laurel Ridge’s library!📖📚
Following this year’s theme of “Find Your Joy” these books showcase passion, accomplishments, and joy through creativity; writing, poetry, photography, humor, invention and music.
𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 04/15/2026
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Window and wall reframing at the Morgantown site! Follow along with our journey towards restoration as we share updates and developments.
#AAHAFauquier #history #Fauquier
—Dr. Huerta has greatly contributed to AAHA’s efforts in expanding our archives to create a complete history of Fauquier County’s African American population.
Make sure to check back in next week for part two of Dr. Huerta’s feature!
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Interviewed by Dinah Polhemus
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Today’s Featured Volunteer is 𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐇𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚, who has been involved with AAHA since around 2012. Because Dr. Huerta has such a long and rich history with AAHA, we have split her highlight into two parts. Today’s segment focuses on her initial work with AAHA—
𝑻𝒖𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒆 𝑨𝒊𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒚 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕
April 17th, 1944
The 99th Fighter Squadron flew its 400th mission and completed its 2,592nd sortie.
Records from AAHA’s Born Free and Emancipated database, 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟗 [cont.]
✦ Each week we will post a selection of these records to feature the individuals listed, supporting our continuous #KnowTheirNames initiative.
#AAHAFauquier #history #knowtheirnames #va250
Records from AAHA’s Born Free and Emancipated database, 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟖 / 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟗
✦ You can find our complete database at www.aahafauquier.org/free-emancip... and additional resources at aahafauquier.catalogaccess.com
#AAHAFauquier #history #knowtheirnames #va250
𝑻𝒖𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒆 𝑨𝒊𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒚 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕
April 5th, 1945
Tuskegee Airmen officers make their first attempt to enter a white-only Officers Club at Freeman Field, Indiana, sparking what would become known as the Freeman Field Mutiny.
🎞️Speaker: Marion Ransell Dobbins / Event: March 28th 2026, John Barton Payne Building
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For more of the Book Talk, visit our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/aahafauquier/) to watch the captured livestream
You can learn more about Dobbin’s research through her website: www.MarionHistorian.com
We aren’t traveling too far for this #ThrowbackThursday as we wanted to ensure anyone who missed our last event can hear some of the highlights! She shared her extensive knowledge reaching from Fauquier to Fairfax, educating the audience about the recent history of these lost communities.
Records from AAHA’s Born Free and Emancipated database, 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟖 [cont…]
✦ To learn more about these records, read our Born Free and Emancipated infographic post
#AAHAFauquier #history #knowtheirnames #va250
𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 3/24/26
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Utility, earthwork, and structural work continue at the Morgantown site! Follow along with our journey towards restoration as we share updates and developments.
#AAHAFauquier #history #Fauquier
We have a special #ThrowbackThursday today as Women’s History Month comes to an end. Hear directly from AAHA’s museum curator as we spotlight Eva Walker's legacy.
𝑻𝒖𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒆 𝑨𝒊𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒚 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕
March 23rd, 1944
Mt. Vesuvius erupted near Naples, Italy, spreading ash over the 332nd Fighter Group for days, forcing the men to wear gas masks
Records from AAHA’s Born Free and Emancipated database, 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟖
✦ You can find our complete database at www.aahafauquier.org/free-emancip... and additional resources at aahafauquier.catalogaccess.com
𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 3/13/26
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Utility, earthwork, and structural work continue at the Morgantown site! Follow along with our journey towards restoration as we share updates and developments.
#AAHAFauquier #history #Fauquier
𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯.
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🎞️Speaker Nichelle Calhoun / AAHA Virtual Genealogy & Local History: Making the Connection, March 8, 2022
🎉Join Us in Celebrating One Year in 315🎉
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Enjoy refreshments and hear directly from some of AAHA’s amazing volunteers!
🗓️April 3rd 🕰️11am-3pm 📍135 Main St., Warrenton VA
Records from AAHA’s Born Free and Emancipated database, 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟕
✦ You can find our complete database at www.aahafauquier.org/free-emancip... and additional resources at aahafauquier.catalogaccess.com
We continue highlighting inspirational women from Fauquier in this #ThrowbackThursday. Ms. Webb discusses her illustration work in the children’s book Layla’s Happiness, Winner of the 2020 Ezra Jack Keats Award.
🎞️Speaker Ashleigh Webb / AAHA Virtual Genealogy & Local History, January 24, 2023
Records from AAHA’s Born Free and Emancipated database, 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟔 [final]
✦ Each week we will post a selection of these records to feature the individuals listed, supporting our continuous #KnowTheirNames initiative.
#AAHAFauquier #history #knowtheirnames #va250
📘📖AAHA Book Talk Series📖📘
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Marion Ransell Dobbins discusses her book, The Lost Black Communities of Merrifield, the Pines and Williamstown.
🗓️ March 28, 2026
🕰️ 1pm
📍John Barton Payne Building, 5 Waterloo St, Warrenton VA
#AAHAFauquier #history #Fauquier #BookTalk
We’re kicking off National Women’s Month with this #ThrowbackThursday from Barbara Lee Smith Esq.’s 2003 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration speech. Fauquier is made up of inspirational and passionate women, like Ms. Smith, who we will continue highlighting throughout the month!
𝑻𝒖𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒆 𝑨𝒊𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒚 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕
March 3rd, 1943
The War Department directed that there be “equal opportunity to enjoy recreational facilities at each post.”
Records from AAHA’s Born Free and Emancipated database, 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟔 [cont.]
✦ To learn more about these records, read our Born Free and Emancipated infographic post
#AAHAFauquier #history #knowtheirnames #va250
Town of Warrenton’s Black History Month Proclamations from 1995 & 2026
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While Black History Month has come to a close, its mission continues. Follow along with us in our year-round efforts of amplifying and preserving African American history!
𝑻𝒖𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒆 𝑨𝒊𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒚 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕
February 26, 1944
The first Black graduates completed navigator training at Hondo Field, Texas
