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This Week in Alexandria History
Week of July 20 • 3 stories available
July 30, 1837 (189 years ago)
Presbyterian Meeting House Rebuilt and Reopens
Following the devastating fire of 1835, the Presbyterian Meeting House—now known as the Old Presbyterian Meeting House—was rebuilt and reopened two years later. Though much of the interior was lost, the church retained its original 18th-century brick walls, preserving a visible connection to Alexandria’s colonial past. In 1843, the Meeting House was expanded with the ...
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The Sad Fate of The New York Volunteers!
"I have seen Him in the Watch-fires of a Hundred Circling Camps!" Following the Union's defeat at the First Bull Run (or Manassas) on July 21, 1861, they embarked on…
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Posted: July 18, 2026
July 18, 1774
July 18, 1774. While the world was not yet watching, twenty-five Alexandria merchants and civic leaders gathered at Arell's Tavern and the courthouse...
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