This new WETA TV 26 production explores the people, places, and events that defined the remarkable port city of Alexandria, VA, during an era of industrial change and social progress. Stories include the evolution of the Torpedo Factory; the construction of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial; the heyday of Potomac Yard; and the Barrett Branch Library, site of one of the country's first sit-in protests.
Want more stories from Alexandria's past? Check out our Boundary Stones local history blog!
Go to the blog →George Mason University History professor Dr. Christopher Hamner gives us his thoughts on how well Mercy Street captures the time and place of Civil War era Alexandria, Virginia.
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