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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRKW_protecting-americas-legacy_Alexandria-VA.html
Fort Hunt, part of a national park known as the George Washington Memorial Parkway, reflects the history of Virginia and the nation. Places along the Parkway represent outstanding examples of cultural landscapes; historical, architectural, and arc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRKG_ww-ii-a-battle-fought-at-home-and-abroad_Alexandria-VA.html
The United States engaged in World War II (WWII) at home and on foreign soil. With formal entry of the United States into WWII, the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) began two top-secret programs, known as MIS-Y and MIS-X, at Fort Hunt.
Under…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRJG_fort-ward_Alexandria-VA.html
Historical SiteDefenses of Washington1861-1865Fort WardHere stands Fort Ward, constructed in 1861 to protect the approaches to Alexandria by Little River Turnpike and Leesburg Turnpike. In 1864, the fort was enlarged to a perimeter of 818 yards wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQA8_saint-pauls-episcopal-church_Alexandria-VA.html
This property has been placed on theNational Register of Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLFE_doeg-indians_Alexandria-VA.html
A group of Virginia Indians referred to as the Doeg (but also Dogue, Taux, and other names) occupied villages and settlements along the Potomac and Occoquan Rivers by 1607. They included Tauxenent, near the mouth of the Occoquan River, Namasingake…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLFC_george-washingtons-gristmill_Alexandria-VA.html
In 1771, George Washington replaced a deteriorated gristmill that his father, Augustine, may have erected as early as the 1730s. The new mil ground grain from Mount Vernon and neighboring farms, and was outfitted with two pairs of millstones. In 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLFA_woodlawn_Alexandria-VA.html
Originally part of the Mount Vernon estate, Woodlawn was built in 1800-1805. George Washington gave the plantation, as a wedding gift to Eleanor Parke "Nelly" Custis and her husband, Lawrence Lewis, respectively Martha Washington's granddaughter a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI3H_the-cameron-valley_Alexandria-VA.html
The area west of the Mill Race complex once was a sloping meadow through which ran the meandering tail race of the Cameron Mills. The mill site itself was located beneath what is now the parking garage of the Hoffman Center complex. Built in the 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI1P_lake-cook_Alexandria-VA.html
Lake Cook is named for Dayton L. Cook, P.E., the City of Alexandria's Director of Transportation and Environmental Services, who was instrumental in the purchase, design, and construction of the Eisenhower Valley public improvements. Mr. Cook help…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA55_the-mount-vernon-memorial-highway_Alexandria-VA.html
The Mount Vernon Memorial Highwaywas authorized by Congress May 23, 1928as an activity ofthe United States Commissionfor the celebration of thetwo hundredth anniversaryof the birth ofGeorge Washington
The highway was designed and constructedund…