Tag: Johnson Memorial Pool

Our View: An unexpected light

Sometimes grace notes sound in the unlikeliest of places. Such is the reminder from Mark Eaton’s story in this week’s Alexandria Times, “Through their...

Corrected Through their eyes: A look back at the segregated Johnson...

By Mark Eaton | [email protected] Alexandria opened the Johnson Memorial Pool in 1952 at what was then the corner of First and North Payne Streets...

The history of the Johnson Memorial Pool

By Mark Eaton | [email protected] This year marks the 70th anniversary of the 1952 dedication of Alexandria’s Johnson Memorial Pool. Named in honor of two...