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Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2009, the city had a total population of 139,966. Located along the Western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately six miles south of downtown Washington, D.C.Like the rest of northern Virginia, as well as central Maryland, modern Alexandria has been shaped by its proximity to the...
Timeline of Events
1861
5.24.1861
American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
2001
6.21.2001
A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, indicts 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen.
2006
5.3.2006
Zacarias Moussaoui is sentenced to life in prison in Alexandria, Virginia.