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This Week in Alexandria History
Week of September 16 • 5 stories available
September 18, 1793 (233 years ago)
Reverend James Muir and the Capitol’s Cornerstone
When President George Washington laid the first cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol on September 18, 1793, the occasion was marked by a grand Masonic ceremony, parade, and feast. Among those who took part was Reverend James Muir, D.D., pastor of Alexandria’s Presbyterian Meeting House. His presence, captured in a mural that today is in the ...
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The Fire Zouaves: Heroic Firefighters and Soldiers of the Civil War
The Formation of the 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment The Fire Zouaves, consisting of multiple regiments including the 11th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, were assembled in New York…
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Posted: September 14, 2026
George Gilpin: Alexandria's Forgotten Revolutionary Hero
Two years ago this week, ground-penetrating radar may have found a grave that Alexandria lost more than a century ago. Colonel George Gilpin...
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