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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 is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, located along the western bank of the Potomac River. The city of approximately...
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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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    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 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Gadsby's Tavern (category National Register of Historic Places in Alexandria, Virginia)
    Street at the corner of Cameron Street in the Old Town district of Alexandria, Virginia. The complex includes a c.1785 tavern, the 1792 City Tavern and Hotel...
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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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    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 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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    Washington Street at the corner of Queen Street in the Old Town area of Alexandria, Virginia. It was built from 1796 to 1797 by John Wise, a prominent entrepreneur...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Poplar Grove National Cemetery is near Petersburg, Virginia, and is managed as part of Petersburg National Battlefield. In July 1862, Congress passed...
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  • located at 2908 Valley Drive, Alexandria, Virginia, in the United States. The synagogue was founded in 1914, and its cemetery was founded in 1933. In 1914...
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    Old Town Alexandria, Prince William Forest Park, and portions of Shenandoah National Park. The region is sometimes spelled "northern Virginia", but the...
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    Arlington, Virginia Alexandria, Virginia Frederick, Maryland Gaithersburg, Maryland Rockville, Maryland Bethesda, Maryland Reston, Virginia The Washington...
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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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    prominent features. The cemetery was created by the Alexandria Park Association, incorporated in 1914 in Huntington, West Virginia. The president of the...
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