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Alyia Gaskins is an American public health professional, urban planner, and politician serving as the mayor of Alexandria, Virginia.She assumed office as Alexandria's first Black female mayor in January 2025, having previously focused on health equity, infrastructure, and housing issues throughout her career.
The Grave of the Female Stranger is a famous historical oddity, local landmark and visitor's attraction in the cemetery of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. The grave is the resting place of an unnamed individual who died in 1816 and was elevated to national intrigue by the mysterious headstone and romanticized ...
The mayor of Alexandria, Virginia serves as the ceremonial head of government of the independent City of Alexandria, Virginia. [1] Elected at large by the voters of the city, the mayor serves a three-year term. The incumbent, Alyia Gaskins, was first elected in the 2024 election.
Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States.It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of downtown Washington, D.C. Alexandria is the third-largest principal city of the Washington metropolitan area, which is part of the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.
In the 1890s, Frederick Schwab (a veteran who had served in the Alexandria Artillery also known as Kemper's Battery) was proprietor of a saloon located in the original 1785 tavern portion of Gadsby's Tavern at 132 N. Royal Street (See 132 street number with “Sal.” for Saloon at the site of the 1785 tavern in the 1891, 1896, and 1902 Sanborn Maps of Alexandria, VA.).
The Alexandria City Hall also known as the Alexandria Market House & City Hall, in Alexandria, Virginia, is a building built in 1871 and designed by Adolph Cluss. In 1984, the building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. [1] The site was originally a market from 1749 and a courthouse from 1752.
Bennett-Parker is married to Stephen Parker. The couple reside in Alexandria, Virginia and have a newborn daughter. When the Virginia General Assembly is not in session, Bennett-Parker is a substitute teacher for Alexandria City Public Schools. [7]
St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School (SSSAS) is an independent Episcopal coed private college preparatory school in Alexandria, Virginia. The school was created from the 1991 merger of St. Agnes School (a girls' school founded in 1924) with St. Stephen's School (a boys' school founded in 1944). The school consists of three campuses within a 1.5 ...