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The George Washington Masonic National Memorial is a Masonic building and memorial located in Alexandria, Virginia, outside Washington, D.C. It is dedicated to the memory of George Washington, first president of the United States and charter Master of Alexandria Lodge No. 22 (now Alexandria-Washington Lodge, No. 22).
September 24, 1992. Designated VLR. December 11, 1991 [2] The Rosemont Historic District is a historic district in Alexandria, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. Rosemont is a lushly planted residential area occupying some 84 acres in northwest Alexandria, located adjacent to ...
November 13, 1966 [3] Designated VLR. November 5, 1968 [1] The Alexandria Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District in Alexandria, Virginia. Encompassing all of the city's Old Town and some adjacent areas, this area contains one of the nation's best-preserved assemblages of the late-18th and early-19th century urban architecture.
The Birchmere is a concert hall in Alexandria, Virginia, that features rock, blues, bluegrass, country, folk, jazz, ethnic, and comedic performers. Its main room seats 500 and provides dinner service, making for an intimate space, with tables only a few feet away from the stage. The location also features a bandstand with a bar and a dance floor.
September 9, 1969 Gadsby's Tavern is a complex of historic buildings at 134 and 138 North Royal Street at the corner of Cameron Street in the Old Town district of Alexandria, Virginia . The complex includes a c.1785 tavern, the 1792 City Tavern and Hotel, and an 1878 hotel addition.
The remaining ships departed Alexandria on 2 September, but at White House Point encountered American Militia batteries on the shore. Commodore John Rodgers , with the crews of two frigates under construction ( USS Guerriere and Java ), twice tried to send fireships against Gordon's ships, but both attempts were foiled by British seamen in the ...
A Watermelon for God: A History of Trinity United Methodist Church: Alexandria, VA 1774-1974. Alexandria, VA. {}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ; Wallace, Alton S. (2003). I Once Was Young; History of the Alfred Street Baptist Church 1803-2003. Littleton: Tapestry Press. "The Other Alexandria: African American of Alexandria, VA". 8 ...
The Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery at 1001 S. Washington St. in Alexandria, Virginia was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 15, 2012. [1] It was established in February 1864 by the Union military commander of the Alexandria District for use as a cemetery for the burial of African Americans who had escaped slavery ...