I have written about firefighter parades in Alexandria, VA, in at least two other articles here and here. Today, I...

The condominium building at 603 Queen St. in Alexandria, Virginia, has an interesting and varied history. This...

The Alexandria Fire Department traces its roots back to 1774 when George Washington helped found the fire department as...

As the Civil War churned on, in 1864, Private John M. Lovejoy stopped briefly in Alexandria to write a letter to his...

Happy Juneteenth, everyone! Today marks the first celebration of Juneteenth as a national holiday, and it's about time.

The year was 1789, and it was an eventful year. The first presidential election had just been held, and after a short...

The caption written on the photo reads, "the only fatality." I believe that it is intended to be sarcastic to point out...

I'm not a genealogist. I can use Google better than most, but that's really about it. So when it comes to tracking...

I have written about the Vowel-Smith house (pictured above) in previous articles. It was part of a group of large...

This article builds on part one and part two of this Marshall House series. Those parts do a good job of explaining the...