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| 1905 |
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Alexandria’s
Union Station opens as part of the Washington and Southern Railroad.
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| 1907 |
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Residents
of Del Ray and St. Elmo’s petition the General Assembly to
incorporate into the Town of Potomac; charter granted in 1908.
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| 1909 |
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Orville
Wright’s demonstration flight for the federal government takes
him from Fort Myer to Shuter’s Hill and back.
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| 1919
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Torpedo
Factory built as a munitions factory.
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| 1920 |
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Parker-Gray
elementary school is built for African Americans; named for
African American educators John F. Parker and Sarah J. Gray.
Became a four-year high school in 1932. School moved to a
new building on Madison Street in 1950. Became a middle school
in 1965 during desegregation, and closed in 1979.
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| 1922 |
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Alexandrians
vote by referendum to implement a Council-Manager form of
city government. Five at-large councilmen elected; Wilder
Rich hired as Alexandria’s first City Manager.
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| 1930 |
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City of
Alexandria annexes Town of Potomac despite opposition. Town
records reportedly were destroyed rather than turn them over
to the City.
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| 1930s |
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Old
Town revitalization efforts begin. |
| 1932 |
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City
voters approve change to Charter providing for a nine-member
City Council, six elected from wards and three at-large. |
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George Washington
Memorial Parkway opens. |
| 1937 |
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Library
on Queen Street is built and named in honor of Kate W. Barrett,
one of the first women medical doctors in the U.S.
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| 1939 |
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“Sit
down” at segregated Barrett Library by five young African
American men: Otto L. Tucker, Edward Gaddis, Morris L. Murray,
William Evans, and Clarence Strange. The protest led the City
to open Alexandria’s first library for African Americans,
Robert Robinson Library, in 1940. Today, the building houses
the Black History Museum.
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| 1941 |
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General
Assembly authorizes the creation of the Alexandria Redevelopment
and Housing Authority to build and operate public housing in
Alexandria. |
| 1946
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City
Council creates a Board of Architectural Review. The Old and
Historic District becomes the third historic district in the
United States. |
| 1948 |
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City Charter is amended
to provide for a seven-member Council elected at-large. |
| 1952 |
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Alexandria
annexes land west of Quaker Lane from Fairfax County. |
| 1956 |
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City
Charter amended to provide that the Mayor be elected separately
from the other six members of Council. |
| 1959 |
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Five
years after the U.S. Supreme Court rules segregated schools
unconstitutional, Alexandria integrates its first public schools. |
| 1960 |
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Construction of Capital
Beltway begins. |
| 1961 |
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Woodrow Wilson Bridge
dedicated.
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| 1964 |
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Fort Ward Museum and
Park opens. Restoration of the Civil War fort was the City’s
first museum project. |
| 1967 |
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First
class graduates from T.C. Williams High School. |
| 1973 |
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Northern Virginia
Community College opens in Alexandria. |
| 1974 |
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The
Torpedo Factory becomes an arts center.
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| 1983 |
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King Street, Braddock
Road and Eisenhower Avenue Metro Stations open.
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| 1984 |
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City Council creates
the Parker Gray Historic District. |
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Alexandria’s DASH
bus system begins operation. |
| 1992 |
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Alexandria defeats
plans by Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke and Governor Douglas
Wilder to build a 76,000-seat football stadium at Potomac Yard.
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| 1994 |
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City voters approve
change from a City Council appointed to an elected school board; nine-member School Board
takes office in July 1995. |
| 1995 |
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U.S. Army closes Cameron
Station, clearing the way for residential development and parks.
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City
Government launches Internet web site. |
| 1998 |
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Construction begins
on new central library on Duke Street, named for former Mayor
Charles E. Beatley.
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| 1999 |
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City
holds a series of events in a year-long celebration commemorating
its 250th Anniversary. |
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Ground
broken on construction of the first elementary school to be built
in the City in 30 years. The West End school in Cameron Station
scheduled to open September 2000.
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