George Washington
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Alexandria News
Recreate Washington’s Famous Crossing and Win Big at Mount Vernon!
Mount Vernon is challenging families, students, and creative minds to recreate Washington Crossing the Delaware for a chance to win…
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Alexandria News
Trick-or-Treat at George Washington’s Mount Vernon This Halloween—Then Stay for Dinner
Mount Vernon welcomes families Oct. 31 for candy, costumes and colonial entertainment, followed by a kids-eat-free offer at the Mount…
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Alexandria History
Alexandria Map Society Meeting Explores George Washington’s Maps—and the Town He Drew at 17
Mount Vernon historian Alexandra Montgomery explores George Washington’s life with maps at the Alexandria Map Society’s Oct. 27 meeting.
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History
Did George Washington Really Create the American Foxhound? We Asked Mount Vernon.
Did George Washington create the American foxhound? Mount Vernon’s records reveal the history—and a modern champion named George.
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Alexandria News
A British Royal Is Coming to Mount Vernon: Duke of Edinburgh Visits Oct. 1
Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, will visit George Washington’s Mount Vernon Oct. 1, tour the estate and lay a…
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Alexandria News
Mount Vernon’s Colonial Market & Fair Returns Sept. 19–20
Mount Vernon’s Colonial Market & Fair returns Sept. 19–20 with dozens of artisans, handmade goods, demonstrations and an 18th-century marketplace…
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Alexandria News
The Small Stone That Marked the Start of Washington, D.C.—and Why it’s in Alexandria
A 1791 boundary marker beneath a protective grate at Jones Point Park reveals Alexandria’s overlooked role in creating the nation’s…
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Alexandria News
Alexandria’s New Digital History Museum Invites You to Wander Through the City’s Past
Alexandria’s past has a new front door. The free Alexandria Digital History Museum offers more than 140 stories—from Indigenous history…
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Alexandria News
GW Parkway Closes at 6 A.M. Sunday for George Washington Patriot Run
A five-mile section of the George Washington Memorial Parkway will close at 6 a.m. Sunday for the George Washington Patriot…
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Veterans
History of the U.S. Coast Guard: 236 Years of Service at Sea
By Donna Reuss Alexandria, VA – This idiom might be a good descriptor of the United States Coast Guard. It…
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