Travel Guide Alexandria
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Alexandria is a port city founded in 1749 by Scottish merchants (including John Alexander who gave his name to the city) according to a checkerboard plan. It was a major trading centre where boats were docked before heading to the UK. Like Arlington, she originally formed part of the district of Columbia before being connected to Virginia in 1847.Charming and picturesque city with its brick sidewalks and federal style houses, the Duke of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt said about it in 1796: " Alexandria is, beyond any comparison, the prettiest city in Virginia; in fact, it is even one of the most beautiful of all the United States. George Washington had a Pied-à-Terre, the city being only 13 km away from his property at Mount Vernon. 508 Cameron Street offers a Replica of His House. It is also in Alexandria that the American headquarters of the Salvation Army is located.
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