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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM164Q_the-race-to-build-ships-on-jones-point_Alexandria-VA.html
In response to a shortage of ships and shipbuilding facilities at the start of World War I, the U.S. government decided to enter the shipbuilding business. In 1917, the U.S. Emergency Fleet Corporation was created and eventually oversaw constructi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM164P_mistress-margaret-brent_Alexandria-VA.html
On September 6, 1654, this site was included in a patent of 700 acres granted by the Colony of Virginia to Mistress Margaret Brent (c1601-c1671). An extraordinary woman, she spent most of her adult life fighting discrimination of her sex, she was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1646_the-lost-village-of-cameron-at-great-hunting-creek_Alexandria-VA.html
Three hundred years ago, a river as wide as the Capital Beltway—Great Hunting Creek—emptied into the Potomac River at this spot. In the absence of good roads, this river and its tributaries were vital corridors for travel and trade. Gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1632_world-war-i-era-rudder_Alexandria-VA.html
In May 2000, this rudder was recovered along the banks of the Potomac River near Jones Point. Measuring over 22 feet high and 4.5 feet wide, the rudder is of the variety used to outfit steel cargo ships constructed between 1918 and 1920 at the Vir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15J0_mount-vernon-estate_Alexandria-VA.html
George Washington acquired Mount Vernon in 1754. Over a period of 30 years, he transformed the simple farmhouse into a mansion embellished with rusticated wood siding, a cupola, and a portico overlooking the Potomac River. Every aspect of the esta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14X4_the-jones-point-lighthouse_Alexandria-VA.html
In the 1850's, Alexandria was one of the busiest seaports in the Chesapeake region. To help guide Potomac River ship traffic, the federal government built the Jones Point lighthouse, illuminating the beacon for the first time on May 1, 1856. It wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14X3_a-tale-of-three-jurisdictions_Alexandria-VA.html
Did you know that you traverse the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia when you cross this bridge? The brass lines in the walkway mark the boundaries. They also commemorate the cooperation required to build this bridge.
Follow the numb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14VM_who-owns-the-river_Alexandria-VA.html
According to Lord Baltimore's land grant from King Charles I in 1632, Maryland owns the "River of Pattowmack...unto the further Bank of said River." But with Virginia's shoreline constantly shifting how could the border be fixed? In 1929, a survey…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14V9_the-nations-capital-begins-here-1791-1793_Alexandria-VA.html
After the Revolutionary War, the new nation searched fora permanent seat of government. President George Washington favored a 10-mile square territory along the Potomac River that encompassed the economically important ports of Georgetown and Alex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14V6_d-cs-first-building-block_Alexandria-VA.html
In 1791, surveyors on Jones Point began to lay out the ten-mile square that would become Washington, D.C. The first marker for the survey—the south cornerstone—was set in place on this spot. Although the stone within this protective en…