Who Owns the Potomac and Why?

Name: Who Owns the Potomac and Why?
Start: 2025-04-10T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Marymount University

Schedule

Thu, 10 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Marymount University | Arlington, VA

This event is In-Person AND Zoom See website for details on both: https://arlhist.org/event/who-owns-the-potomac/
Have you ever looked at maps and wondered why the boundary line between Virginia and Maryland on the Potomac River is so odd? It is not in the middle of the river, like it is in most places, and it doesn’t really follow the curves of one shoreline or the other. Michael Nardolilli, the Executive Director of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin will explain the weird history behind Arlington’s boundary along the Potomac River.
PREREGISTER FOR ZOOM ACCESS. You can attend this event on Zoom or in-person on the Marymount University Main Campus: See website for details on both: https://arlhist.org/event/who-owns-the-potomac/

This event is one of the monthly series of free public programs sponsored by the Arlington Historical Society. This event is hosted courtesy of the Marymount University politics program’s American Heritage Initiative. For more information, please email: [email protected].