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George Washington's Bicentennial Birthday Bash

George Washington's Bicentennial Birthday Bash

11/29/2016 in Virginia by Max Lee

Across the country, members of high society celebrated George Washington's 200th birthday by attending costumed balls. But only Alexandria could boast that their ball occurred at the location of Washington's last birthday party.

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The Female Stranger of Alexandria

The Female Stranger of Alexandria

10/14/2016 in Virginia by Claudia Swain

Two hundred years ago, an unknown woman breathed her last in room 8 of Gadsby’s Tavern in Old Town Alexandria. Her husband prepared her body for death in secret and sealed her coffin personally. After seeing that she was placed in a local graveyard, he vanished. It’s the sort of story that would condemn a person to be lost to history, but the circumstances surrounding this woman’s death and interment sparked centuries of questions and outlandish theories. Even now, no one alive knows her name. She remains the Female Stranger of Alexandria.

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