Month: January 2016
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SPORTS TALK by Pat Malone
Our National Game The Aces and Big Train Clubs. A Grand Contest. Alexandrians Gather. Immense Crowd Present. Great Game Played…
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ON WATCH
Mercy Street – Alexandria’s “Civil” War By Marcus Fisk This month marks the airing of the Civil War PBS docudrama,…
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Medical Practices of the Civil War
by Jesse Lawson RN, BSN, LMT During the time of the Civil War, doctors in the battle field were referred…
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The Killing Fields of the Civil War
by H. M. Brett Why were so many soldiers, both from the North and South, killed or maimed in the…
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Mercy! Mercy Street is Coming…
By Kris Gilbertson On Sunday, January 17, 2016, Mercy Street, a Civil War-era drama set in Alexandria, will debut on…
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Inspiration for Mercy Street: A Conversation with Sarah Coster
Alexandrian Sarah Coster was the Director of Carlyle House museum during the Civil War sesquicentennial in 2011. Her research into…
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Beyond Mercy Street— The Rest of Alexandria During the Civil War
By Kris Gilbertson Mercy Street portrays the interactions of two Civil War nurses, one from New England, the other Virginia,…
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Contraband – The Path from Bound to Free
By Kris Gilbertson PBS and various production companies (Lone Wolf, Dave Zabel, and David Zucker) that collaborated on Mercy Street…
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Alexandria Real Estate: WATERFRONT CHANGES DRIVING RISING HOME VALUES
By Cheryl Spangler Alexandria is not the only waterfront undergoing changes, the southwest waterfront in Washington DC is the *HOT…
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