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8100 Fordson Road, Alexandria, VA 22306
Featured Exhibits: The Museum is featuring an photographic exhibit of Gum Springs' residents and founding families. Many of these photos are close to 100 years old, some older. Save the Historic Gr... More on MuseumsUSA.org
Gum Springs was founded by West Ford, a former slave owned by George Washington's family, who acquired the property in 1833. Gum Springs became a refuge for runaways and recently freed slaves to l... More on Fxva.com

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8426 Old Mount Vernon Rd, Alexandria, Virginia 22309-2008

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2017 Belle View Boulevard Alexandria VA 22301
about Mount Vernon RECenter: The Mount Vernon RECenter has a 25-meter heated indoor pool with a poolside sp... More on GoCityKids
This was one of the "must dos" for our family at Christmas in Washington (the others being the Nutcracker a... More on Yahoo! Travel

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Belle Haven Marina, Alexandria, Virginia

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Virginia
Theodore Roosevelt Island is located just across the Potomac River from Washington, DC. This is probably one of the best park and bike locations due to its close proximity to most major bike paths.... More on TrailLink.com
It has variety, goes through dense wooded areas, along the Potomac, around the National Airport, through Old Town Alexandria, across from the National Mall, and has breathtaking views all along... More on TrailLink.com

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8100 Fordson Rd. Alexandria, VA
Gum Springs is the oldest African American Community in Fairfax County, formaly established in 1833. West Ford, a former slave, founded the community after being freed by George Washington. Located... More on Virginia.org
Gum Springs was founded by West Ford, a former slave owned by George Washington's family, who acquired the property in 1833. Gum Springs became a refuge for runaways and recently freed slaves to li... More on Fxva.com

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9000 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, VA 22309
Historic home of Martha Washington's granddaughter given as a wedding ... More on TripAdvisor
T he house of moderate cost is not only America’s major architectural problem but the problem most ... More on GeckoGo

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9000 Richmond Hwy, Alexandria, Virginia
George Washington provisioned the land to his nephew and wife where this beautiful mansion was built, and t... More on DogFriendly.com
The website discusses the fascinating fact that the house was later owned by Quakers (before the Civil War)... More on Yahoo! Travel

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Holland Lane, Alexandria, VA
The Alexandria African-American Heritage Park is a nine-acre memorial park surrounding a preserved 19th-century African-American cemetery. The park was designed to compliment the cemetery's origina... More on Weather.com
Of twenty-one known burials on this site, six identified headstones remain and are in their original location. The park was designed to co-exist with the original landscape of the cemetery and pres... More on Virginia.org

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Maryland
Henson Creek Neighborhood Park: From Indian Head Highway, head north/east on Livingston Road until it becomes Saint Barnabas Road. Continue on Saint Barnabas Road north towards Temple Hills. Take a... More on TrailLink.com
I do warn anyone planning to walk this trail to NOT park at the small parking lot just off Brinkley Road (down the Street from Jumbo International Foods Grocery Store). More on TrailLink.com
