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West Braddock Road
African-American cemetery established 1885 on land adjacent to Fort Ward, used by descendants of the freedmen’s community known as The Fort. NRHP-listed 2018.
- Extant
- National Register of Historic Places
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Late-19th-century Black fraternal lodge, part of Alexandria's African-American civic infrastructure during Jim Crow. NRHP-listed 2004.
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Placeholder illustration of Fort Ward. Seed placeholder — KingSt.com, 2026. To be replaced with archival photograph. 4301 West Braddock Road
Earthwork fort raised in 1861 as part of the ring of Union fortifications around Washington; the fifth-largest of the Civil War defenses of …
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Fourth of the original DC southwestern boundary stones; the marker straddles the Alexandria-Arlington line. NRHP-listed 1991.
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Braddock Road
Named for General Edward Braddock — British commander killed at the Monongahela, 1755, c. 1755.
Interpretive signs nearby
The City of Alexandria has installed 7 historical interpretive signs within walking distance of this place. Each links to the actual sign image on alexandriava.gov.
Oakland Baptist Church Cemetery
Fort Ward Park 4301 W Braddock Rd
Within Its Walls - A Foundation for Education and Opportunity
Fort Ward Park 4301 W Braddock Rd
Charles W. Hendryx Memorial
Fort Ward Park 4301 W Braddock Rd
Fort Ward Park 4301 W Braddock Rd
"The Fort" and "Seminary" Community Civil War to Civil Rights
Fort Ward Park 4301 W Braddock Rd
African Americans and the Civil War - Fleeing, Fighting and Working for Freedom
Fort Ward Park 4301 W Braddock Rd
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