Community Guide: About Animals
First Call Animal Welfare League of Alexandria
First Call Animal Welfare League of Alexandria
Nine Candidates Seeking Six Seats
On the ballot: Six Democrats, three independents, one Republican
ELECTION GUIDE 2024
There’s No Place Like Home
Alexandria celebrates its 275-year history.
Alexandria celebrates its 275-year history.
Alexandria’s Free Fall Festival for Animal Lovers is Oct. 13
Paws in the Park, benefiting the AWLA, returns to Oronoco Bay Park
Paws in the Park, benefiting the AWLA, returns to Oronoco Bay Park
’Souls Feeding Souls’ in Alexandria
Cook for Vets to hold fundraiser Sept. 21.
Cook for Vets to hold fundraiser Sept. 21.
Fighting Fires for 250 Years
Events to highlight history of firefighting.
Events to highlight history of firefighting.
ASC to Host High School Football Night
Varsity coaches to talk season strategies Sept. 18.
The Alexandria Sportsman’s Club will kick off the fall 2024 sports season with its annual High School Football night Sept. 18 at the Old Dominion Boat Club.
‘Resolved: Never Again’
Alexandria News Briefs
The Legacy of Race-based Covenants
3 practices that created housing inequity: racial covenants; zoning; and limited access to mortgages based on race.
Some real estate developers and others selling property in Northern Virginia from 1900 through the 1960s used race-based, restrictive covenants to maintain segregation, and Virginia’s state and local governments were enablers at times, Dr. Krystyn Moon, University of Mary Washington history professor told a packed room of 120 on August 27 at the Sherwood Regional Library.
Alexandria Old Town Art Festival
The Alexandria Old Town Art Festival returns to John Carlyle Square for the 22nd year. The popular, free showcase featuring thousands of fine art works from local and national artists happens Sept. 14 - 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
Meet the 2024 Legends
Reception set for Nov.7 at GW Masonic National Memorial.
The newest Living Legends of Alexandria will be honored at the annual Meet the Legends reception Nov. 7 at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial.
Preserving Douglass Memorial Cemetery
Johnson to present updates Sept. 8. at Black History Museum.
Michael Johnson is a life-long Alexandrian, born and raised at a time when the city was divided by race. As a kid, he used to play in a field overrun by weeds, not realizing until decades later that it was the Frederick Douglass Memorial Cemetery, a historic African American cemetery where generations of his ancestors are buried.
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