Prince William County Human Rights Commission and the Office of Elections, will host a community celebration in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, at Little Union Baptist Church, located at 17150 Mine Rd. in Dumfries, VA.

The Manassas Campus of Northern Virginia Community College (6901 Sudley Road) will host several events in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 17-Oct. 15. All events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact NOVA’s Global Learning Center at 703-257-6705 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Beginning July 1, 2015, admission to the Manassas Museum is free. The Manassas Historic Resources Board, which oversees the Museum’s operations, originated the idea in an effort to allow residents and visitors the opportunity to enjoy history for free. City Council approved the measure as well.

Virginia Association of Museums is encouraging museums, libraries, archives, and historic sites across Virginia and Washington, DC to nominate items from their collections for the fifth annual Virginia's Top 10 Endangered Artifacts program by June 22.

Social Security is getting closer to the agency’s historic 80th anniversary and preparing to commemorate the August 14, 1935, signing of the Social Security Act. Acting Commissioner Carolyn W. Colvin May 27 announced the agency’s event-filled celebration, with many activities leading up to Aug, 14 and a special website, http://www.socialsecurity.gov/80thanniversary

Memorial Day is a special day, and a day on which all Americans should honor the fallen. Every day as I drive to work to the U.S. Congress down the George Washington Memorial Parkway, I am reminded of the great sacrifices men and women have made for our country so we can remain free.

The Memorial Day Ceremony at the Freedom Museum at Manassas Airport will start at 2:30 PM with the reading of the names of Prince William service members who died during their military service followed by the National Moment of Silence at 3:00 PM and then the official opening of the PFC. Richard M. Bean display.

Loving, a motion picture based on the true story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a Virginia married couple who, in 1958, were arrested for violating a state law at the time prohibiting interracial marriage will be filmed in Virginia. The couple sued. Their case was ultimately heard in 1967 by the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming a landmark civil rights case in defense of marriage equality.