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Historical Markers and War Memorials
in Northern Virginia Region

 
By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 31, 2026
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1 Virginia, Alexandria, Alexandria West — A Legacy of Conservation — Park History Interpretive Series
2 Virginia, Alexandria, Alexandria West — An American Indian Camp in the Uplands — City of Alexandria, est. 1749 — Alexandria Heritage Trail —
3 Virginia, Alexandria, Alexandria West — Cabin in Historic Fairfax County — City of Alexandria, est. 1749 — Alexandria Heritage Trail —
4 Virginia, Alexandria, Alexandria West — Dora Kelley Nature Park & Wildlife Sanctuary — 5750 Sanger Ave. — City of Alexandria, Virginia —
5 Virginia, Alexandria, Alexandria West — Dora Kelley Nature Park & Wildlife Sanctuary — 5750 Sanger Ave. — City of Alexandria, Virginia —
6 Virginia, Alexandria, Alexandria West — Lebanon Union Cemetery — City of Alexandria, Virginia —
7 Virginia, Alexandria, Alexandria West — Lebanon Union Cemetery — City of Alexandria, Virginia —
8 Virginia, Alexandria, Alexandria West — Lebanon Union Cemetery — City of Alexandria, Virginia —
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9 Virginia, Alexandria, Alexandria West — Protecting Threatened Species — Environmental Interpretive Series
10 Virginia, Alexandria, Del Ray — All Aboard for Alexandria — Alexandria Heritage Trail — City of Alexandria, Est. 1749 —
11 Virginia, Alexandria, Del Ray — All Aboard for Alexandria — Alexandria Heritage Trail — City of Alexandria, Est. 1749 —
12 Virginia, Alexandria, Del Ray — Captain Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans Memorial — In honor of 68 Alexandria Men who gave the Ultimate Sacrifice — City of Alexandria, Virginia —
13 Virginia, Alexandria, Del Ray — Kettle Park — Richmond Hwy. & E. Bellefonte Ave. — City of Alexandria, Virginia —
14 Virginia, Alexandria, Del Ray — The Town of Potomac / Mount Vernon Avenue — Town of Potomac — 1908 - 1929 —
15 Virginia, Alexandria, Eisenhower East — African American Heritage Memorial
16 Virginia, Alexandria, Eisenhower East — African American Heritage Park — City of Alexandria Est. 1749 — Alexandria Heritage Trail —
17 Virginia, Alexandria, Eisenhower East — Civil Rights — The right to equal treatment and opportunities guaranteed under law — City of Alexandria, est. 1749 —
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18 Virginia, Alexandria, Eisenhower East — Freedom — The state of having personal, political, and economic rights. — City of Alexandria, est. 1749 —
19 Virginia, Alexandria, Eisenhower East — Hubert N. ("Dutch") Hoffman, Jr. — February 26, 1920 - June 15, 2002 — Hoffman Town Center —
20 Virginia, Alexandria, Eisenhower East — Remembrance — Awareness, knowledge, and understanding of the past — City of Alexandria, est. 1749 —
21 Virginia, Alexandria, Eisenhower East — The Cameron Valley — Early Industrial Development in Western Alexandria — Alexandria Heritage Trail —
22 Virginia, Alexandria, Eisenhower East — The Duke Street Tanyard — Alexandria Heritage Trail
23 Virginia, Alexandria, Landmark — Bush Hill
24 Virginia, Alexandria, Landmark — Cloud's Mill Race
25 Virginia, Alexandria, Landmark — Excavating Historic Ships — City of Alexandria — Est. 1749 —
26 Virginia, Alexandria, Landmark — Hensley Park — Dedicated June 1987
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27 Virginia, Alexandria, Landmark — James Marx All Veterans Park
28 Virginia, Alexandria, Landmark — Ponding and Preservation — City of Alexandria — est. 1749 —
29 Virginia, Alexandria, Landmark — Reconstructing the Past — City of Alexandria — Est. 1749 —
30 Virginia, Alexandria, Oakcrest — A Crossroads Through Time — City of Alexandria Est. 1749 — Alexandria Heritage Trail —
31 Virginia, Alexandria, Oakcrest — T-45 — Episcopal High School
32 Virginia, Alexandria, Oakcrest — This Flag Flies
33 Virginia, Alexandria, Oakcrest — T-44 — Virginia Theological Seminary — Founded 1823
34 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — "For God and Country"
35 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — 115 Prince Street — Captain's Row
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36 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — 204 South Pitt Street
37 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — 204 South Royal
38 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — 414-412 Prince Street
39 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — 511 Prince Street
40 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — A Rich History on the Alexandria Waterfront
41 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — A Tale of Three Jurisdictions
42 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — A Very Different View: Living and Working in 1700s Alexandria
43 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — A World War I Shipyard Transforms Jones Point — From Shoals to Ships — 1918-1921 —
44 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — 10 — African American Neighborhoods in the Civil War — City of Alexandria, est. 1749 — Alexandria Heritage Trail —
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45 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Map — African American Waterfront Heritage Trail — City of Alexandria, Est. 1749 — Alexandria Heritage Trail —
46 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Alexandria — A Place Through Time — Reported missing
47 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Alexandria Academy — 1732 1932
48 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Alexandria Archaeology Museum — City of Alexandria Est. 1749
49 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Alexandria Library Sit-In
50 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Alexandria Post No. 24, American Legion
51 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Alexandria Railroads
52 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Alexandria Washington Lodge — No. 22 AF & AM
53 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Alexandria Waterfront
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54 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Alexandria, D.C. — City of Alexandria Est. 1749
55 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Alexandria, Virginia — Market Square — Alexandria Historic District —
56 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — ASIS International 9/11 Memorial — Reported missing
57 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Bank of Alexandria
58 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Barrett Library / Black History Museum
59 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Battery Cove Filled: A New Shipyard — Reported permanently removed
60 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Battery Cove Filled: A New Shipyard
61 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Battery Rodgers
62 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Bayne-Fowle House — 813 Prince Street
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63 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Braddock Road Mile "0"
64 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Brigadier General Montgomery D. Corse, CSA
65 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Carlyle House Historic Park
66 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Carver School — City of Alexandria Est. 1749
67 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Christ Church — City of Alexandria Est. 1749
68 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — City Jail: A Site of Racial Terror in Alexandria — Lynching of Benjamin Thomas, 1899 — City of Alexandria, Est. 1749 —
69 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Civil War and Restoration
70 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Col. John Fitzgerald
71 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Col. John Fitzgerald — 🕈
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72 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Colonel Francis Peyton
73 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Colonel Michael Swope House
74 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Confederate Soldiers
75 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — D.C.'s First Building Block — Jones Point Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
76 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Dr. Bernard Stier, O.D. (1930-2005)
77 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Duvall's Tavern
78 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Early Alexandria and Keith's Wharf — Reported permanently removed
79 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Early Alexandria and Keith's Wharf
80 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Edgar Warfield — City of Alexandria Est. 1749
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81 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Electric Railway — City of Alexandria Est. 1749
82 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Elton B. Hummer
83 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Engin Artemel
84 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Fairfax County Resolves — Precursors to Independence — Road to Revolution —
85 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — First Lot Sold at Auction
86 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — 22 — First Presbyterian Church of Alexandria — "Old Presbyterian Meeting House" — American Presbyterian and Reformed Historical Site —
87 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — 2 — Fishtown — City of Alexandria, Est. 1749 — Alexandria Heritage Trail —
88 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Foot of King Street — Alexandria Heritage Trail — City of Alexandria, est. 1749 —
89 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — For God and Country
90 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Franklin P. Backus Courthouse — Dedicated in his honor November 17, 1989
91 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Freedom House Museum — City of Alexandria Est. 1749
92 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Friendship Fire Company
93 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Friendship Firehouse — City of Alexandria Est. 1749
94 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Friendship Firehouse Museum — City of Alexandria, Virginia —
95 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Gadsby’s Tavern
96 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Gadsby's Tavern — City of Alexandria Est. 1749
97 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Gadsby's Tavern Museum — City of Alexandria Est. 1749
98 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — Gazette House
99 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — 6 — George Henry, Enslaved Ship Captain — City of Alexandria, Virginia — Alexandria Heritage Trail —
100 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — George Johnston's Home

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