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Alexandria News
George Washington’s Home Reborn: Iconic Mansion Reopens After Historic $40 Million Restoration, Priming Mount Vernon for America 250
MOUNT VERNON, VA—The red ribbon fell yesterday on the most ambitious preservation project in Mount Vernon’s history. A gaggle of…
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History
Beneath the High School: The Lost Story of Alexandria’s Seminary School for Colored Children
ALEXANDRIA, VA – On the very grounds where Alexandria City High School now stands once stood a modest, underfunded school…
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Visiting Alexandria’s Witness Trees
By Daniya Tamendarova, ABC Alexandria, VA – Have you visited Alexandria’s Bicentennial Trees? Back in the 1970s, the Bicentennial Tree…
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Alexandria News
A Taste of the Past: Ice Cream History Tour Reveals Old Town Alexandria’s Hidden Gems
ALEXANDRIA, VA – They came for the ice cream. They stayed for the history. On a sublime blue-skied Sunday afternoon…
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Alexandria News
PHOTOS: Hundreds of Washington Commanders Fans Participate in Three Nationally Televised Pep Rallies in Alexandria
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Alexandria has seen some major milestones this year, including electing its first black female mayor, but for…
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Community News Alexandria Virginia
With Joy and Community, Alexandria Stages a Birthday Party!
Alexandria, VA – Two days before the birthday party of the century thus far, Mayor Justin Wilson put out this…
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Community News Alexandria Virginia
Hundreds Gather in Alexandria, Virginia for Historic 250th Anniversary of Fairfax Resolves
ALEXANDRIA, VA – It was July 18, 1774. A group of Virginia colonists penned a document challenging British authority and inspiring…
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Community News Alexandria Virginia
PHOTOS: Alexandria Kicks Off 275 Anniversary Milestone at Waterfront Park
Alexandria, VA — The City of Alexandria turns 275 years old this summer and the party started early with…
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Seniors
Alexandria Honors 25 Residents for Reaching 100 and Beyond; Five Present for City Hall Ceremony Sept. 12
ALEXANDRIA, VA-“Old age hath yet his honour and his toil.” Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) They came last night. Five older…
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School News
Author of Children’s Book on the Tuskegee Airmen Visits Ferdinand T. Day School
ALEXANDRIA, VA–On Tues. Nov. 15, Dr. Deborah Hall-Greene Thomas spoke to students at Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School (1701 North…
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