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    Alexandria National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery, of approximately 5.5 acres (2.2 ha), located in the city of Alexandria, Virginia. Administered...
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  • Alexandria National Cemetery is the name of two US National Cemeteries: Alexandria National Cemetery (Alexandria, Virginia), in Virginia Alexandria National...
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    are buried in its 639 acres (259 ha) in Arlington County, Virginia. Arlington National Cemetery was established on May 13, 1864, during the American Civil...
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    The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial...
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    Arlington National Cemetery. Present-day Arlington County and most of present-day Alexandria were ceded to the new federal government by Virginia. On July...
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  • Alexandria, Virginia, an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, is located along the western bank of the Potomac River. The city of approximately...
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    Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River...
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    "Old Alexandria Canal" within the "Arlington Reservation", between the Potomac River and the "National Cemetery": "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for...
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    The history of Alexandria, Virginia, begins with the first European settlement in 1695. Over the next century, the town became a significant port. In 1801...
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    Hollywood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at 412 South Cherry Street in the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. It was established...
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    The Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery at 1001 S. Washington St. in Alexandria, Virginia was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August...
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  • Robert H. Robinson Library (category Cemeteries in Alexandria, Virginia)
    Library was located at 902 Wythe St., Alexandria, Virginia, and was operated since 1940 by the City of Alexandria. The library was named in honor of Rev...
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    of a free labor system. The address is now 9000 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, Virginia, but due to expansion of Fort Belvoir and reconstruction of historic...
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  • William Herbert (mayor) (category Burials at Old Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery (Alexandria, Virginia))
    banker, and merchant in Colonial Virginia who served two non-consecutive terms as the mayor of Alexandria, Virginia. Herbert was born in 1743 in County...
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    Arlington County, Virginia. The estate of the historic home along with a memorial to Lee are now the center of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County...
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    Georgetown & Alexandria Road within the "Arlington Reservation", between the Potomac River and the "National Cemetery": "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for...
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  • The Alexandria Black History Museum, located at 902 Wythe St., Alexandria, Virginia, is operated by the City of Alexandria. The building was formerly the...
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    Female Stranger (category National Register of Historic Places in Alexandria, Virginia)
    landmark and visitor's attraction in St. Paul's Cemetery of St Paul's Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia. The grave is the resting place of an unnamed...
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    Quantico National Cemetery is a national cemetery in Triangle, Virginia for veterans who served in the United States Armed Forces. Adjacent to and originally...
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    the Potomac River, ceded by Virginia, included two parts comprising 31 square miles (80 km2; 8,029 ha): the city of Alexandria, at the extreme southern shore...
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    "Old Alexandria Canal", inside the "Arlington Reservation", between the Potomac River and the "National Cemetery": "Map of Alexandria County, Virginia for...
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    Old Presbyterian Meeting House (category National Register of Historic Places in Alexandria, Virginia)
    South Fairfax Street in the Old Town neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia. It is part of the National Capital Presbytery and the Synod of the Mid-Atlantic...
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    houses the Freedom House Museum, is a historic commercial building in Alexandria, Virginia (until 1846, the District of Columbia). Built c. 1810–1820, it was...
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    This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Alexandria, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties...
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    Old Town Alexandria, Prince William Forest Park, and portions of Shenandoah National Park. The region is often spelled "northern Virginia", although...
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  • Center Cemetery, Lyndon Center African Burial Ground, Richmond, Virginia (a.k.a. Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground) Alexandria National Cemetery, Alexandria...
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    Magnus Lewis Robinson (category Journalists from Alexandria, Virginia)
    organizations. Magnus Lewis Robinson was born on November 21, 1852, in Alexandria, Virginia. His father was Robert H. Robinson, a noted minister and Black rights...
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    made a stop in Alexandria). By the 1920s, 200,000 people a year were visiting Mount Vernon. In the 1880s, officials in Alexandria, Virginia, attempted to...
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    Seminary, Alexandria Wikimedia Commons has media related to National Register of Historic Places in Virginia. Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities...
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  • Charles Simms (lawyer) (category Burials at Old Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery (Alexandria, Virginia))
    Virginia, in the Virginia House of Delegates as well as at the Virginia Ratification Convention of 1788, and also served as mayor of Alexandria (then in the...
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