Tag: Civil War history
Your Views: Get rid of odious names
To the editor:
Two recent letters to the editor which you’ve published, objecting to the renaming of Alexandria streets, are particularly offensive. Both letters, which...
Your Views: Political rhetoric, not history
To the editor:
In 2016, the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Confederate Memorials and Street Names recommended, and City Council concurred with, renaming portions of...
Our View: An erosion of trust
There are two distinct facets to the ongoing controversy surrounding renaming of streets in Alexandria and, as with many issues, the fault line is...
Your Views: Tear no more names down
To the editor:
Jimm Roberts’ view, in his letter to the editor “Keep the name, switch the fame,” in the Jan. 19 Alexandria Times, is...
Activist Lillie Finklea dies at 83
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
Lillie Finklea, an activist and cemetery preservationist, died on Dec. 27. She was 83. Finklea was known across the community...
Cloaks, daggers…and petticoats
How American women spies ‘gave the slip’ to the enemy (Part II)
By Gayle Converse and Pat Miller
Due to the destruction of records and the...
The Old Presbyterian Meeting House is a place of history and...
By Kimberly Jackson | [email protected]
Driving through Old Town, tourists might miss one of the oldest places in the city, the Old Presbyterian Meeting House....
Your Views: Indigenous people held slaves
To the editor:
Perhaps I should not have been surprised that this month the Times carried no articles about Indigenous Peoples Day. For many...
Your Views: Is George Washington next?
To the editor:
A trip to Winchester, Virginia will illustrate the difference between that city and Alexandria. Winchester has chosen to embrace its Civil...
Your Views: Choose wisely Alexandria
To the editor:
Regardless of the numerous inconveniences posed by changing the name of Lee Street, there is an unwarranted rush to judgement in...
