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Alexandria, Virginia

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The Resume

    (1695- )
    Born in United States
    Independent city
    Population: 159,428 (2019)
    Incorporated as a town (1779), city (1852) and an Independent city (1870)
    Part of the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
    Serves as headquarters for the Institute for Defense Analyses, United States Patent and Trademark Office, National Credit Union Administration, Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, National Science Foundation and the Food and Nutrition Service
    Has four sister cities - Gyumri, Armenia; Helsingborg, Sweden; Dundee, Scotland and Caen, France

Why Alexandria, Virginia might be annoying:

    During the War of 1812, the British launched a successful raid on the city, which surrendered without a fight (1814).
    It was where the Franklin & Armfield Slave Market was located.
    It is a white-collar bedroom community.
    The owner of the Marshall House inn fatally shot Union Army Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth for taking down a Confederate Flag (May 24, 1861).
    There was also a county nearby named Alexandria (now Arlington) that caused confusion with this city until 1920.
    The Republican Congressional baseball shooting took place here, leaving 6 injured (June 14, 2017).

Why Alexandria, Virginia might not be annoying:

    The George Washington Masonic National Memorial is modeled after Egypt's Lighthouse of Alexandria.
    George Washington's plantation estate, Mount Vernon is located 8 miles south of the city and is a big tourist attraction.
    The Alexandria Library sit-in was an early strategy to fight racial segregation (1939).
    Herman Boone was the football head coach at T. C. Williams High School in which his 1971 season was the subject to the 2000 film 'Remember the Titans.'
    Its Old Town section contains dozens of stores and restaurants and preserved its early American architecture.
    Gerald Ford lived here prior to moving to Washington, D.C. to the White House.
    It serves as headquarters for many trade associations, charities, and non-profit organizations.
    It was referenced in a song by the Foo Fighters.
    Diedrich Bader, Willard Scott, Donna Dixon, and Dermot Mulroney were born here.

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