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Location of Alexandria in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Alexandria, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Alexandria, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register ...
The main exceptions are a short segment between Orange and Gordonsville, which is part of the similarly named Washington Subdivision of the Buckingham Branch Railroad; [4] and the easternmost portion that traveled through Old Town Alexandria to its waterfront, which no longer exists aside from the Hoofs Run Bridge and the Wilkes Street Tunnel. [5]
VA-18: Orange and Alexandria Railroad, Wilkes Street Tunnel 1851 1970 Orange and Alexandria Railroad: Wilkes Street Alexandria: Independent city: VA-48-D: Colonial Parkway, Williamsburg Tunnel 1949 1988 Colonial Parkway
The original Southwest No. 2 marker disappeared before 1900. A marker stone now within a DAR fence near the street curb at 7 Russell Road north of King Street in Alexandria is a replacement about 0.35 miles (0.6 km) southeast of the original location. DAR records show that the replacement marker was placed at its current location in 1920.
Beauregard Street is the primary artery running north to south from King Street to Little River Turnpike (Duke Street's name changes west of I-395). Alexandria West includes a mix of development from town home communities, single family neighborhoods, three large senior citizen living centers, garden and high-rise apartments and condominiums.
VA interpretive sign about Alexandria National Cemetery. Alexandria National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery, of approximately 5.5 acres (2.2 ha), located in the city of Alexandria, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it is one of the original national cemeteries that were established in ...
Feb. 2—WILKES-BARRE — Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center employees on Friday held an informational rally, seeking better treatment of employees and the veterans they serve. Janet Oborski, an ...
Once the Civil War erupted, Alexandria was quickly occupied by Union troops – a fact noted in the Leadbeater business' daybook. After the First Battle of Manassas, Union troops poured into Alexandria and the Apothecary's books reported that many soldiers stood in line to buy "Hot Drops", a cough expectorant containing paprika and alcohol.