Memorials
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City of Alexandria to Host 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony
UPDATE: Due to rain, the remembrance ceremony has been moved to the Vola Lawson Lobby inside City Hall at 10…
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Candlelight Vigil for Ruth Bader Ginsburg a Solemn Appreciation for an Exemplary Life
Alexandria, VA – Alexandrians paid their respects to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Market Square Thursday…
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Alexandria Salutes Those Who Serves in 18th Annual Veterans Day Ceremony
Alexandria, VA – “God Bless America” was the last thing anyone heard from U.S. Army Capt. Humbert Roque “Rocky” Versace.…
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Join a Committee to Claim Alexandria’s Equal Justice Initiative Monument
Alexandria, VA – Alexandria has begun the process to claim its Equal Justice Initiative monument in solemn recognition of its…
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Photos: A Candlelight Vigil at Contrabands & Freedmen Cemetery Memorial
ALEXANDRIA,VA- What is the price of freedom? For more than 1,700 former enslaved African Americans buried in Alexandria, it meant…
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Worldwide 9/11 Heroes Run Series This Weekend in Alexandria
Alexandria, VA – Tie your running shoes and join members of our community for the 9/11 Heroes Run 5K and…
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City of Alexandria to Host 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony
Alexandria, VA – Eighteen years ago, the world was rocked by the tragic events of September 11, 2001. In remembrance…
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30 Years Later: March 22 Proclaimed Charlie Hill Day in Alexandria
ALEXANDRIA, VA – The family of Alexandria Police Department Officer Charles W. Hill gathered at City Hall on Tuesday night…
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Alexandria Remembers Community Advocate Fay Slotnick
No speeches, no crying, no funeral. That was the way Fay Slotnick would’ve wanted it, and on Saturday, March 9,…
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Debra Deneise Smith Foundation To Award Scholarships To Area High Schoolers
Debra Deneise Smith would be proud. The mother of five Alexandria men spent the greater part of her life taking…
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