At 220 South Union Street, right off the Potomac River at the corner with Duke Street, a Hotel Indigo will replace a shipping terminal. Archaeologists have been peeling back the layers.

The Alexandria Archaeological Commission awarded me its Outstanding Researcher Award at a ceremony at City Hall last week.

A great addition to understand the "people" side of the Civil War--Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office is now open.

Just learned the following: PBS has commissioned at least a six-part series, based on an abolitionist and a "secesh" in Alexandria. 

WETA, the local PBS station, broadcast Discovering Alexandria, its 90-minute (that is, 2 hours, with breaks for pledges) documentary on the history of Alexandria, VA, from its early years through the end of the 1800s.