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‘Regular, American Citizens Serving Their Country’

Fairfax City honors the fallen on Memorial Day.

Each year on Memorial Day, people gather in Fairfax City to honor and remember America’s fallen.

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Remembering Amos Chilcott on Memorial Day

Wreath is laid on his grave in Fairfax Cemetery.

Following Fairfax City’s Memorial Day ceremony, May 26, American Legion Post 177 Commander Eric Parkhurst laid a wreath on Amos Chilcott’s grave in the Fairfax Cemetery.

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Remembering The Fallen

Sheriff Sean Casey, left, Jeremy Lenzer, president of the Retired Police, Fire and Sheriff’s Association, and Alexandria Chief of Police Tarrick McGuire pay tribute to Alexandria’s fallen after placing a wreath at the fallen officers memorial May 6 in Waterfront Park.

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‘They Are Not Forgotten’

Gold Star family members join in Memorial Day ceremony.

Gold Star family members of Alexandria’s fallen Vietnam veterans were among the hundreds who gathered to pay tribute to the city’s fallen during a Memorial Day ceremony May 26 at the Captain Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Del Ray.

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Democratic Candidates Vie in Primary

Do you know the Primary Election candidates?

Democrats will hold a Primary Election on June 17 to select their candidates for Lt. Governor and Attorney General. Early voting is open now through June 14.