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Landmarks and Attractions
The places that define Alexandria for visitors and residents.
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City of Mount Vernon to host America 250 tree dedication ceremony
1+ mon, 17+ hour ago (482+ words) The city of Mount Vernon invites community members, families, and local residents to join in celebrating our nation’s semi-quincentennial at the America 250 Tree Dedication Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 9, beginning at 9:30 a.m. This special ceremony highlights Mount Vernon's participation in the…...
Celebrate the Mount Vernon Trail's Hall of Fame Honor at Thursday Ceremony
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (258+ words) Rails to Trails Conservancy will formally welcome the 18-mile Potomac River path, recently voted into its Hall of Fame, with a ceremony along the George Washington Memorial Parkway. NPS - Victoria Stuaffenberg The Mount Vernon Trail gets its formal welcome into…...
The National Museum of American History is hosting a family-friendly sleepover in D.C. this month
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Mount Vernon survives Center Point-Urbana
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (11+ words) KCRG Mount Vernon survives Center Point-Urbana...
Old houses have stories to tell us if only we’d heed them
6+ day, 45+ min ago (1811+ words) Art by Lisa Vines “Our history, where we came from, is very important,” says James Gaughan. “It includes not only understanding who the people were during those periods of time, a century or two ago, but the buildings that they…...
Prince Edward visits George Washington's Mount Vernon for 250th
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (183+ words) MOUNT VERNON — Six months after King Charles III visited Virginia to honor the 250th anniversary of the United States' independence from his own Great Britain, his youngest brother quietly paid respect to the man who helped transform the 13 colonies into a…...
A Guide to Arch Street Meeting House in Old City
4+ week, 1+ day ago (591+ words) George Fox created the Religious Society of Friends in England during the 17th century in opposition to the Church of England. Quakers — as the Friends became known — embraced equality as a religious tenet, believing there is “that of God” in every…...
Video California patrol officer rescues cat from busy freeway
4+ week, 1+ day ago (353+ words) California patrol officer rescues cat from busy freeway abcnews.com California patrol officer rescues cat from busy freeway Bodycam footage shows a California Highway Patrol officer rescuing a cat from a busy freeway in Sacramento. Dow Jones Industrial Average Hurricane…...