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Young people and newcomers to Arlington are often shocked to discover that the American Nazi Party, founded by George Lincoln Rockwell, was headquartered in Arlington from 1958 to 1983. The infamous group spread their message of hatred before and after the murder of Rockwell in August 1967 at the Dominion Hills Shopping Center. That was just a year after a lesser-known, but also shocking event - the June 1966 shootout between rival motorcycle gangs, the Pagans and the Avengers, at the placid Lee-Harrison Shopping Center. Some 100 bullets were fired in the clash, making front-page news, though astonishingly, no one was seriously hurt. Charlie Clark sheds light on these fascinating stories. He is a journalist and local historian who writes the weekly "Our Man in Arlington" column for the Falls Church News-Press.