Backyard History
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246 Years: Celebrate the Friendship Fire Company at Home
ALEXANDRIA, VA – This year marks the 246th birthday of the Friendship Fire Company. Usually it is celebrated with a festival.…
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Join by Zoom: Alexandria Author to Discuss Revolutionary War Book
ALEXANDRIA, VA – If you are a history buff and want to learn more about the Revolutionary War from a…
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80 Years Ago: Blacks-Only Robinson Library Opens on Wythe Street
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Less than a year after the 1939 Library Sit-in was organized by Samuel Tucker Jr., African Americans could…
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Tickets Available for Groundbreaking Lecture in Alexandria: “Rethinking Rufus: Sexual Violations of Enslaved Men”
ALEXANDRIA, VA – On Saturday, February 29, between 11 and 1, the Alexandria History Museum will present a lecture by…
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Carlyle House Throws 300th Birthday Party for Town Founder
ALEXANDRIA, VA – On Saturday, February 8, 2020, museum staff and period re-enactors welcomed visitors to a busy open house…
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In-Cider Scoop: Alexandria’s Appealing History With Cider
By Daniel Lee, Office of Historic Alexandria ALEXANDRIA,VA- As fall envelops us, the apple is the fruit most commonly found…
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ALEXANDRIA HISTORY: How Jones Point Was Almost an Amusement Park
ALEXANDRIA, VA – On September 19, 1953, the federal government approved the transfer of lands at Jones Point to Alexandria…
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The Woman in the Iron Coffin, PBS Offering Free Screening at Alexandria Lyceum
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Construction workers discovered the body of a 19th century African American woman in an iron coffin in…
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Alexandrian’s Great Uncle Portrayed in Movie “Marshall” Playing at Burke Library, May 17
By Paul Friedman ALEXANDRIA, VA – 80 years ago at the Queen Street Alexandria Library, five men held what…
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