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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM164X_world-wars-to-the-present_Alexandria-VA.html
In the 20th century, Jones Point continued to be shaped by the changing needs of the federal government. With proximity to the capital and access to land and river transportation, the peninsula was chosen as the site for several military installat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM164W_the-emerging-nation_Alexandria-VA.html
From the late 1700s into the 1800s, the pastoral calm of the Point was interrupted repeatedly—by soldiers manning cannon emplacements, by surveyors laying out the boundaries of the nation's capital, by workers at a ropewalk and the lighthous…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM164V_prehistory-to-colonial-settlement_Alexandria-VA.html
Jones Point was once a wooded wilderness, ringed by marshes and periodically cut off from the mainland during high tide. American Indians made use of both woodland and wetland for food, tools and supplies. By the 17th century, Europeans had displa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM164T_the-remarkable-margaret-brent_Alexandria-VA.html
Despite occasional conflicts between European settlers and local Indians, Mistress Margaret Brent of Saint Mary's City, Maryland, was granted the first land patent on Piper's Island (later known as Jones Point) in 1654. An extraordinary woman for …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM164Q_the-race-to-build-ships-on-jones-point_Alexandria-VA.html
In response to a shortage of ships and shipbuilding facilities at the start of World War I, the U.S. government decided to enter the shipbuilding business. In 1917, the U.S. Emergency Fleet Corporation was created and eventually oversaw constructi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM164P_mistress-margaret-brent_Alexandria-VA.html
On September 6, 1654, this site was included in a patent of 700 acres granted by the Colony of Virginia to Mistress Margaret Brent (c1601-c1671). An extraordinary woman, she spent most of her adult life fighting discrimination of her sex, she was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1646_the-lost-village-of-cameron-at-great-hunting-creek_Alexandria-VA.html
Three hundred years ago, a river as wide as the Capital Beltway—Great Hunting Creek—emptied into the Potomac River at this spot. In the absence of good roads, this river and its tributaries were vital corridors for travel and trade. Gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1632_world-war-i-era-rudder_Alexandria-VA.html
In May 2000, this rudder was recovered along the banks of the Potomac River near Jones Point. Measuring over 22 feet high and 4.5 feet wide, the rudder is of the variety used to outfit steel cargo ships constructed between 1918 and 1920 at the Vir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14X4_the-jones-point-lighthouse_Alexandria-VA.html
In the 1850's, Alexandria was one of the busiest seaports in the Chesapeake region. To help guide Potomac River ship traffic, the federal government built the Jones Point lighthouse, illuminating the beacon for the first time on May 1, 1856. It wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14X3_a-tale-of-three-jurisdictions_Alexandria-VA.html
Did you know that you traverse the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia when you cross this bridge? The brass lines in the walkway mark the boundaries. They also commemorate the cooperation required to build this bridge.
Follow the numb…