Here is the North Washington entrance / exit for the Christ Church Churchyard. In the photo, to the left of the entrance is a mass grave for thirty four Confederate soldiers who were re-interred into the Christ Church Cemetery after the Civil War. There is a marble plaque just inside the fence with the names [...]
Archive > January 2006
Alexandria’s Christ Church
One of the places that Jeff took us during our tour of Alexandria was the historic Christ Church on North Washington Street. According to many sources the church (circa 1771) and cemetery (circa 1766) are among the city’s oldest historic landmarks. One regular church attendee was George Washington; apparently his family pew is still preserved [...]
Alexandria by Night
On Thursday evening Katherine and I caught up with “Jeff (not your brother)” in Alexandria. From this point forth I will refer to him as Jeff because Jeff (my brother) doesn’t comment on my site; so, in my mind there is no confusion as to who Jeff is. Anyhow, Jeff gave us an after dark [...]
Arlington by Day
We learned quickly that cabbies in Arlington rarely know where they were going — or at least the ones that we met. The first question we consistently got upon entering a cab and giving the address was: “Can you tell me how to get there?” On two separate occasions the cabbie got lost. Because of [...]
Arlington, Virginia
We’re staying in a unique little townhouse in Arlington, Virginia. Arlington is, of course, the home of the Pentagon and the Arlington Cemetery, which I will write about later. Upon arrival we discovered that it was super windy and also colder than I had expected (probably because of the wind); I was expecting around 8 [...]
