The year was 1789, and it was an eventful year. The first presidential election had just been held, and after a short...
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The year was 1789, and it was an eventful year. The first presidential election had just been held, and after a short...
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Alexandria, VA, Mount Vernon, Potomac River, George Mason, Christ Church, Gadsby's Tavern, George Washington Masonic Memorial, Old Presbyterian Meeting House, Carlyle House, Alexandria Academy, Washington Street, Hunting Towers, Bridgeyard, Hunting Creek, Old Club Restaurant, Gunston Hall, Broomilaw Point, Ramsey House, Pohick Church, Places
For 40 years, the Old Club Restaurant operated at 555 S. Washington St. at the corner of Gibbon Street. It is famously...
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It's been 68 years since there was waterfront dining on the Potomac River in Alexandria. Given this opening, I should...
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Alexandria, VA, George Washington, Mount Vernon, Photograph, Christ Church, Post Card, Carlyle House, Arlington House, Robert E. Lee, James Monroe, St. John's Church, Norfolk & Southern Railroad, Lawrence Washington, Charlottesville, VA, Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Natural Bridge, Old Point Comfort, VA, Monitor & Merrimac, St. Paul's Church (Norfolk), Elks National Home, Weyers Cave, Places, Things
Prior to the introduction of the smartphone, I think most of us (over 40) had sent or received one of these at some...
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Alexandria was George Washington's hometown in many ways. He helped create the town, he helped layout its streets, he...
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In 1881, Charles Neale was a senior at the Alexandria Academy, and he apparently was a good student. So much so, in...
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The Washington Brewery operated from 1890 to 1919 at the corner of 4th & E streets in NE Washington, DC. It was...
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Mount Vernon, Potomac River, Hotel, Episcopal Seminary, George Mason Hotel, George Mason, Christ Church, Gadsby's Tavern, Post Card, George Washington Masonic Memorial, Marshall House, Old Presbyterian Meeting House, Carlyle House, Lloyd House, Alexandria Academy, Elisha Dick, James Craik, Friendship Firehouse, Arlington House, Places
In 1922 the Majestic Steamship would ferry passengers between Washington D.C. and the resort town of Colonial Beach,...
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After Martha Washington's death, Bushrod Washington inherited Mount Vernon from his uncle George Washington and most of...
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About OHM
OurHistoryMuseum is a crowdsourced and virtual history museum that anyone can contribute to. We are prototyping with our hometown first — Alexandria, Virginia. The app will be available nationally soon. In the meantime, sign up for our blog or follow OHM on social media (both at the bottom of this page) to keep updated.
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About OurHistoryMuseum
Our mission is to save history — its preservation via digitization. We hope to capture images of old postcards, transcribe old letters, and make all photographs available for browsing. Our entire museum is virtual. Our app will be available for download sometime soon. We are producing a prototype, and our first test market will be Alexandria Virginia, our hometown. But this is just a start.
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