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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21Z3_anatomy-of-a-tidal-marsh_Alexandria-VA.html
Your body has a heart and blood vessels to carry nutrients to your tissues, lungs to breathe, kidneys to filter out pollutants, and skin to protect you. When you look closely at Dyke Marsh, you can find natural systems that do all the same things.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21Z2_a-fine-improvable-marsh_Alexandria-VA.html
When George Washington surveyed the future site of Alexandria in 1749, he described this area as a "fine improvable marsh." Do you think that ideas about improving marshlands have changed since Washington's time? How can we improve Dyke …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21SA_a-place-to-rest-or-nest_Alexandria-VA.html
Nearly 300 different kinds of birds find food, shelter, or a rest stop in Dyke Marsh. Birds that migrate thousands of miles along the Atlantic Flyway rest here on their way to winter homes in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OLG_wasteland-or-wetland_Alexandria-VA.html
Here, 400 years ago, the Piscataway tribe fed themselves on fish and waterfowl. In the early 1800s, Virginia farmers built retaining walls, called dykes, to drain this marsh and make farmland. The dykes proved too hard to keep intact. Without dyle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWBL_fort-willard_Alexandria-VA.html
Civil War Fort constructed in 1862 as part of the defense system for Washington, D.C.
Site donated by the developers of Belle HavenGene and Helen Olmi, Sr. Gene and Natalie Olmi, Jr.
Fairfax County Park Authority
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWBG_fort-willard_Alexandria-VA.html
Fort Willard Park contains significant earthworks and archaeological remains of a fort built in 1862 by the Union Army. It was one of 63 forts that were built surrounding the District of Columbia during the Civil War as part of the Defenses of Was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWBD_defenses-of-washington_Alexandria-VA.html
After Virginia seceded from the Union on April 17, 1861 the District of Columbia was on the dangerous border between the divided states. Because of the city's importance, the Union Army immediately occupied Northern Virginia, which allowed troops …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM53M_these-trees_Alexandria-VA.html
These trees were planted in commemoration of the eight Presidents of the United States who were sons of Virginia.
George Washington, 1789-1797· Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809· James Madison, 1809-1817· James Monroe, 1817-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4TI_colonial-fort_Alexandria-VA.html
Nearby at John Mathew's land on Hunting Creek, Governor William Berkeley constructed a fort authorized by the Virginia House of Burgesses on 21 Sept. 1674. Militiamen from Lancaster, Middlesex and Northumberland Counties garrisoned the fort under …