The year was 1809, James Madison had been president for just a few months, Alexandria was still part of D.C.,...
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Alexandria, VA, George Washington, Vowell-Smith house, Alexandria, D.C., Robert E. Lee, George French, Fredericksburg, John Vowell, Anne French, William Thornton Alexander, Lucy Alexander, Lee Street, Water Street, Wilkes Street, Francis Smith, John Wellford, William Wright, Jacob Cox, People, Places, Things
The year was 1809, James Madison had been president for just a few months, Alexandria was still part of D.C.,...
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The 1951 brochure below reads, "At Hunting Towers you no longer have to go far to 'get away from it all.' The quiet...
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Until recently, Collingwood, one of the three Potomac River mansions occupied by the Snowden brothers, existed in the...
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From the French and Indian War to the American Revolution to the Civil War and in modern times, Carlyle House has been...
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213 years ago, the year was 1807, Thomas Jefferson was president, Alexandria was in D.C., not Virginia, as many as 40...
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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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Before there was an Alexandria, there were tobacco growers, tobacco plantations, and tobacco warehouses. By the time...
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World War I brought shipbuilding to Alexandria, Virginia, in the form of the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation. It was...
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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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In the first days of the Civil War, Alexandria, Virginia, was almost immediately seized by Union troops without a...
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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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