Freedmen
- The Fortified Ring
- 1001 South Washington Street
Burial ground established in 1864 by the Union military government on the southern edge of Federally-occupied Alexandria for self-emancipated Black people — "contrabands" …
- 219 South Payne Street
Union Army hospital established in February 1864 for U.S. Colored Troops and Black civilian refugees in occupied Alexandria. Named for Toussaint Louverture, the Haitian …
- 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 the capital. After the war the …
- 501 South Union Street
Six-acre city park at 501 South Union Street, occupying the south Old Town waterfront hill that gave its name first to a c. 1791 wind-driven grain mill and then to "Hayti" …