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This Day in Alexandria History: April 15, 1910 Was Clean Up Trash and Smells Day!
ALEXANDRIA, VA – On April 15, 1910, the Civic Improvement League proclaimed a universal clean-up day in Alexandria, urging all…
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THIS WEEK IN ALEXANDRIA HISTORY: CITY COUNCIL REGULATES SIGNAGE, Jan. 29, 1947
ALEXANDRIA, VA – On January 29, 1947, just a year after establishing America’s third regulated historic district in what would…
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THIS WEEK IN ALEXANDRIA HISTORY: CITIZEN PROTEST SAVES LYCEUM BUILDING
Citizen Protests Prevent Owners of 201 S. Washington Sought to Demolish for Office Building On July 24, 1946, the owners…
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THIS WEEK IN ALEXANDRIA HISTORY: ALEXANDRIA REPEALS PROHIBITION MONTHS BEFORE STATE OF VIRGINIA
Alexandria City Council Repeals Prohibition, June 29, 1933 On June 29, 1933, Alexandria City Council repealed the City’s Prohibition laws.…
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THIS WEEK IN ALEXANDRIA HISTORY: WOODROW WILSON AND SHIP RIVET
On May 30, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson drove the first rivet into the keel of the first ship under construction…
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THIS WEEK IN ALEXANDRIA HISTORY: MARTHA WASHINGTON
On May 22, 1802, Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, wife of the nation’s first president, died of a severe fever at…
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This Week In Alexandria History–Portner Brewery Strike
On May 3, 1910, a strike at the Portner Brewery lasted less than a day when company officials gave in…
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THIS WEEK IN ALEXANDRIA HISTORY: CHURCH WOMEN THROW A BAZAAR IN 1900
On April 19, 1900, the women of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church hosted a bazaar at the Odd Fellows Hall on…
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THIS WEEK IN ALEXANDRIA HISTORY: THE LYCEUM COMES TOGETHER
On March 26, 1839, the Alexandria Lyceum Company and the Alexandria Library Company formally announced plans to join together in…
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THIS WEEK IN ALEXANDRIA HISTORY
African Americans Demand Vote at 1867 Lyceum Protest On March 2, 1867, two to three hundred black men met at…
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