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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4OG_braddock-cannon_Alexandria-VA.html
(North Side):This monument marks the trail taken by the army of General Braddock which left Alexandria on April 20, 1755 to defend the western frontier against the French and Indians.
Erected by the Society of Colonial Dames of America in the S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4OA_virginia-theological-seminary_Alexandria-VA.html
Half mile to the southwest. The idea for such an institution was conceived by a group of Alexandria and Washington clergymen in 1818. Among those interested was Francis Scott Key, author of the Star Spangled Banner. Originally at corner of Washing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4O8_episcopal-high-school_Alexandria-VA.html
Episcopal High School, on the hill to the southwest, was founded in 1839 as a boys' preparatory school, one of the first in the South; girls were admitted in 1991. The school was a pioneer in the establishment of student honor codes in preparatory…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2K6_historic-alexandria_Alexandria-VA.html
Alexandria was named for the family of John Alexander, a Virginia planter who in 1669 acquired the tract on which the town began. By 1732, the site was known as Hunting Creek Warehouse and in 1749 became Alexandria, thereafter a major 18th-century…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12N_bush-hill_Alexandria-VA.html
Josiah Watson, a wealthy merchant and postmaster of Alexandria, established his 272-acre plantation, "Bush Hill", in 1791. Richard Marshall Scott purchased the plantation in 1791; his family stayed here for 200 years. Scott was an attorney, bank p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMQ_the-george-washington-masonic-national-memorial_Alexandria-VA.html
Let prejudices and local interests yield to reason. Let us look at our national character and to things beyond the present period. —George Washington
(Left Plaque) This classic sculpture commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the George Wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM5_panoramic-view-of-alexandria_Alexandria-VA.html
Mathew Brady - 1864. Camp of the 44th New York Volunteer Infantry, also known as the "Ellsworth Avengers" and the "People's Ellsworth Regiment." The unit was raised in honor of Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, who was killed at the Marshall House Hotel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME5_carrolltown_Alexandria-VA.html
In this vicinity a small African-American settlement grew from ten acres of land given to Jane Carroll by her owner, Dennis Johnston, before 1856. Jane's son, George, acquired an additional 121 acres from Johnston's heirs in 1899 and 1903. In 1904…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDL_birthplace-of-fitzhugh-lee_Alexandria-VA.html
To the north stood Clermont, the birthplace of Fitzhugh "Fitz" Lee. Born on 19 Nov. 1835, Lee was the nephew of Gen. Robert E. Lee. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1856. During the Civil War, Fitzhugh Lee was commissioned as a lieut…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDC_rose-hill_Alexandria-VA.html
The community of Rose Hill was created in 1954. The land was part of an 18th century plantation known as Rose Hill, established by Daniel French, the builder of Pohick Church. The house was the site of a raid by Confederate Maj. John S. Mosby on 2…