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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26JB_col-john-fitzgerald_Alexandria-VA.html
Here stood the home of
Col. John Fitzgerald
favorite aide-de-camp
and bosom friend of
Washington
Erected by Col. John Fitzgerald Chapter
New Jersey Catholic Historical Society
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26JA_the-ramsay-house_Alexandria-VA.html
Oldest house in Alexandria owned by William Ramsay, a Founder, Trustee, and the first Mayor of Alexandria in 1749. Later occupied by his son Dennis Ramsay and his descendants. INterest in preserving the house was initiated by Edward C. Van Devante…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26J9_war-of-1812_Alexandria-VA.html
Few periods of Alexandria's history have been more tumultuous than the War of 1812. During the first decade of the 19th century, Great Britain's interception of American ships, impressment of U.S. seamen, and support of Indian aggression along the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26J8_alexandria-archaeology-museum_Alexandria-VA.html
The launch of urban renewal in 1965 led to a boom of archaeological discoveries in Alexandria's Old and Historic District. As buildings were razed exposing artifact-laden layers of history, community outcry demanded that the City address and halt …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26J7_the-port-city_Alexandria-VA.html
From this point, King Street slopes gently down to the Potomac. But when Alexandria was founded in 1749, the new town was perched on a high bluff some 20 feet above the river. The town was established on a shore of a crescent-shaped bay that exten…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26J6_pioneer-mill_Alexandria-VA.html
(caption)View from Pioneer Mill, looking up at the wharf.
May 1865
Courtesy of Library of Congress.
Pioneer Mill once stood at the end of Duke Street. The photograph shows the many wharves that occupied the blocks where buildings and parks n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26J5_alexandria_Alexandria-VA.html
13,000 years ago
The Paleoindian Period
A Native American hunter during the Paleoindian period discards a broken spear point, on a bluff overlooking a tributary to the Potomac River at the southern edge of present-day Alexandria.
The Beginn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26J2_george-washington-memorial-parkway_Alexandria-VA.html
A visit to George Washington's Mount Vernon estate, about nine miles to the south, has long been viewed as a patriotic duty of Americans. In the late 19th century, visitors often traveled there from Washington by boat, stopping first in Alexandria…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26IV_torpedo-factory-art-center_Alexandria-VA.html
Originally called the United States Naval Torpedo Station, the Torpedo Factory was built during World War I, and was specifically designed for the fabrications of dangerous naval ordnance. The building was barely completed when that war ended in N…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26IU_christ-church_Alexandria-VA.html
Before the American Revolution, the Church of England was the established church of Virginia and part of the colonial government. For administrative purposes, the colony was divided into "parishes" and all residents paid taxes to maintain church a…