This article picks up where yesterday's article left off. Yesterday, I shared the front page of the New York Tribune's...
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One-hundred sixty years ago today, 1,000 U.S. soldiers marched into Alexandria, Virginia, before dawn. Abraham...
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One hundred seventy-two years ago, Zachary Taylor was sworn in as president, the California gold rush was just...
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A unique museum exists in Alexandria, Virginia, that many people have never visited, and when it reopens in the fall...
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These days, we don't think about our groceries coming from other parts of the U.S. by ship because mostly that doesn't...
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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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Alexandria, VA, Franklin Street, Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary, King Street, Union Street, Thomas Perry, Henry Baader & Sons, James F. Carlin, Worth Hulfish, J. Robert Baker, J.T. & J.G. Beckham, Globe Mills, W. Clifton Cunningham, Patrick Street, William F. Roat, R.H. Horner, John P. Agnew, Schooner John F. Kranz, Jno. W. Emmert, B. Wheatly, Places, Things
Nothing reflects the story of a town better than its everyday businesses. If you can trace the purchases from those...
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I'm a sucker for a love story with a happy ending. I think I'm a fairly unconventional guy in this and many regards. My...
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Originally called Fairfax Parish, Alexandria Church, or "the church in the woods" because it was on the outskirts 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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