The streets of Alexandria have borne witness to singular individuals and stirring events in their long history. In 1623, just across the Potomac River, an English adventurer walked into an Indian village and literally lost his head. In 1654, a notorious women became the first European to own land in what would become Alexandria. One hundred years later, George Washington and General Braddock marched from Alexandria to a massacre, and in 1814, the...

PG 223 is material taken from the Alexandria Gazette Packet photograph morgue. Documents and images relating to Arlington County were removed from the morgue and given to the Community Archives. The collection covers people and news stories in mainly Arlington, but also touches on Alexandria and Fairfax County. The bulk of the material dates 2001-2003.