2000 onwards - A Timeline of Alexandria History

2000

New Charles E. Beatley, Jr. Central Library opens for business.

2001

City emergency workers respond to terrorist attack at the Pentagon. Security is increased throughout the area. "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh and suspected terrorist Zacharias Moussaoui are housed in the Alexandria Detention Center, to await federal trial in Alexandria.

2003

William Euille is elected as Alexandria's first African American mayor.

Record snows, followed by rain, cause flooding in February. Hurricane Isabel causes flooding in September, pushing the Potomac River up 9 1/2 feet.

The Historic Lloyd House is renovated and re-opened as headquarters for the Office of Historic Alexandria.

The City opens its first Skateboard Park.

2004

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, with 7,100 employees, relocates to five new buildings in Alexandria. This is the largest federal lease of real estate in U.S. history.