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Community News
Let Loose: Have Fun in Alexandria This Weekend
Alexandria, VA – Get a second wind for this weekend! It’s approaching fast. August is going just as quickly.…
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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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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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A Brief Glimpse of Alexandria History: Burke & Herbert Bank
By Kris Gilbertson When John W. Burke, 27, and Arthur Herbert, 23, opened the Burke & Herbert Banking & Exchange…
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