Alexandria County - Citizendia

Alexandria County was part of the original 100-mile square created as the District of Columbia in 1791 pursuant to Article I, Section 8, paragraph 17, of the United States Constitution. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Article One of the United States Constitution describes the powers of the legislative branch of the United States government, known as Congress The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme Law of the United States. The portion of the District created from territory ceded by Virginia in Fairfax County was termed Alexandria County of the District of Columbia. Fairfax County is a county in Northern Virginia, in the United States. It included all of the present Arlington County, Virginia, plus part of what is now the independent city of Alexandria, Virginia. An independent city is a City that does not form part of another general-purpose Local government entity Alexandria is an Independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The area was retroceded to Virginia by an act of the United States Congress on July 9, 1846 following a referendum of its citizens, and was then known as Alexandria County, Virginia. The District of Columbia, the National capital of the United States, was formed in 1790 from that were ceded to the federal government by the states The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display

1878 map of Alexandria County

In 1870, the independent City of Alexandria seceded from Alexandria County, and because of the confusion between the city and the county having the same name, a movement started to rename Alexandria County. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In 1920, the name Arlington County was adopted, after Arlington House, the home of the American Civil War general Robert E. Lee, which stands on the grounds of what is now Arlington National Cemetery. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Arlington House (The RE Lee Memorial is a Greek revival style mansion located in Arlington Virginia, USA and was once the home of Confederate Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Robert Edward Lee (January 19 1807 &ndash October 12 1870 was a career United States Army officer, an Engineer, and among the most celebrated Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington Virginia, is a military cemetery in the United States, established during the American Civil War The Town of Potomac was incorporated as a town in Alexandria County in 1908. Potomac Virginia is an extinct Incorporated town formerly located in Arlington County. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The town was annexed by the independent city of Alexandria in 1930. An independent city is a City that does not form part of another general-purpose Local government entity Alexandria is an Independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Arlington County shares with a portion of the independent City of Alexandria (including the former town of Potomac) the distinction of being once in Virginia, then ceded to the US government to form the District of Columbia, and later retroceded to Virginia. Alexandria is an Independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Potomac Virginia is an extinct Incorporated town formerly located in Arlington County. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D