May 20, 2015
Thomas Schultz outside the Carlyle House, the second stop on his Old Town Military Walking Tour.
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Alexandria: Exploring Old Town’s Military History
Retired military couple lead local tours.
In 1859, Augustine Washington deposited $200,000 in an Alexandria bank for safe keeping. The funds were planned to go towards restoration of Mount Vernon, but when the Union Army began seizing bank funds, the manager’s wife hid the funds among the clothes in her closet.
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