Discovering Alexandria: The 20th Century

30s

WETA explores the people, places and events that defined the remarkable Northern Virginia city during the rapid cultural and technological changes from the 1900s to the present day.

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Discovering Alexandria: The 20th Century

30s

WETA explores the people, places and events that defined the remarkable Northern Virginia city during the rapid cultural and technological changes from the 1900s to the present day.
Discovering Alexandria: The Early Years (Civil War)

4m 28s

As a port city and transportation hub, Alexandria had great strategic importance at the start of the Civil War. After Virginia seceded, Union troops quickly occupied the city, which saw the War's first death by violent act when U.S. Army Col. Elmer Ellsworth was killed by a hotel owner for removing the Confederate flag flying over the hotel.

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