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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19ZQ_the-rose-hill-raid_Alexandria-VA.html
On September 28, 1863, Confederate Maj. John S. Mosby raided the house that stood nearby on the bluff at the end of May Boulevard. The day before, Mosby and eight of his men road from Fauquier County toward Alexandria, where Mosby planned to captu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9YK_laurel-grove-colored-school-and-church_Alexandria-VA.html
In the early 1880's, former slaves organized a congregation and held church services near a grove of laurel on Beulah Road. The trustees including Middleton Braxton, George Carroll, Thornton Gray, and William Jasper focused on education. In 1881, …
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCU_franconia_Franconia-VA.html
"Frankhonia Farm" was situated on 191 acres purchased in 1859 by Alexandria merchant and businessman William Fowle from Joseph Broders of Oak Grove Farm. His son, Robert Rollins Fowle, sold 18 acres to the Alexandria & Fredericksburg Railway Compa…