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Augustus Calhoun Allen was born on March 6, 1835, and died on March 15, 1914. He was a businessman and a Confederate officer during the Civil War. On the evening of December 28, 1857, Allen departed from his home in New Orleans, Louisiana, boarding the steamship Texas as a volunteer bound for Nicaragua. He was an officer in Walker’s army.
Alexandria National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery, of approximately 5.5 acres (2.2 ha), located in the city of Alexandria, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs , it is one of the original national cemeteries that were established in 1862.
Every funeral procession is led by a civilian police escort, usually by the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. [77] Next, the formal, ceremonial aspects of a procession are organized. A funeral procession uses a four-wheeled caisson to transport the flag-draped casket, which was originally intended to carry a 75 mm cannon when it was built in ...
Thomas Jefferson High School was a public high school in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States; it had an Alexandria mailing address but was outside of the Alexandria city limits. [1] A part of the Fairfax County Public Schools , it opened in 1964 and closed in 1987.
Portions are also included in a 7.80 acres (31,600 m 2) Alexandria, Virginia city park, at 501 Fort Williams Parkway. [3] A small cemetery with the gravesites of several Union soldiers was located in the woods off the southeast corner of Seminary Road and Fort Williams Parkway.
Ivy Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in the Rosemont Historic District of Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Burials began at the site in 1811, when it was a family cemetery, and it received a charter as a community cemetery in 1856. [1]
The George Washington Masonic National Memorial is a Masonic building and memorial located in Alexandria, Virginia, outside Washington, D.C. It is dedicated to the memory of George Washington, first president of the United States and charter Master of Alexandria Lodge No. 22 (now Alexandria-Washington Lodge, No. 22).
Alexander Jefferson (November 15, 1921 – June 22, 2022) (POW) (WIA) was an American Air Force officer, famous as one of the Tuskegee Airmen, the 332nd Fighter Group. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II .