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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5E0_lees-boyhood-home_Alexandria-VA.html
Robert E. Lee left this home that he loves so well to enter West Point. After Appomattox he returned and climbed the wall to see "if the snowballs were in bloom." George Washington dined here when it was the home of William fitzhugh, Lee's kinsman…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5BZ_first-catholic-church-in-virginia_Alexandria-VA.html
This stone taken from the canal of the Potomac Company of which Washington and Fitzgerald were Directors commemorates the erection of the First Catholic Church in Virginia, A. D. 1795, which stood until 1839 about twenty feet behind this marker.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM53B_alexandria-academy_Alexandria-VA.html
On 17 Dec. 1785, George Washington endowed a school here in the recently established Alexandria Academy "for the purpose of educating orphan children." In 1812, an association of free African Americans founded its own school here in space vacated …
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/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/HMA8_washingtons-town-house_Alexandria-VA.html
Replica of Washington's Town House. Lot purchased by George Washington 1763. House completed 1769 - torn down 1855. Rebuilt by Gov. and Mrs. Richard Barrett Lowe 1960. Bricks & stones from excavation used in construction. Worth Bailey, Historian; …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA1_gadsbys-tavern_Alexandria-VA.html
Erected 1792. Popular resort and famous hostelry of the Eighteenth Century. Here was held in 1798 the first celebration of Washington's Birthday in which he participated, and from its steps Washington held his last military review and gave his las…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9L_the-ramsay-house_Alexandria-VA.html
Owned by William Ramsay, a founder of Alexandria in July, 1749, and first Mayor. Restored by the City of Alexandria in 1956 and dedicated to the memory of Mrs. Robert Miller Reese (Rebecca Ramsay) (1870-1955), great-great-granddaughter of William …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9D_site-of-first-services-of-the-salvation-army_Alexandria-VA.html
Alexandria, Virginia May 1885. On this site stood Captain Joseph Pugmire and three lassies who conducted the first Salvation Army services in Alexandria. Later, the Salvation Army was located at 319 and 316 King Street from 1922 to 1965, when it m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM94_the-carlyle-house-and-the-18th-century-site_Alexandria-VA.html
The Carlyle House, completed in 1753, was the residence of one of the 18th-century Alexandria's leading citizens—John Carlyle—a prosperous merchant and landowner.
1. Although the earliest known engraving of the Carlyle House appeare…