Mercy Street Series
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All Politics Is Local: When Hollywood Comes to The Port City
By Kelly MacConomy At Z Movies, along with all of movie-going Alexandria, has eagerly awaited the release of Wonder Woman…
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Coming Home: Alexandria Filmmakers Spotlight the 13th Annual Alexandria Film Festival
By Kelly MacConomy Alexandria holds hometown memories for numerous luminati from La La Land. Longtime star of Law and Order:…
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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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