CSPAN3 American History TV September 6, 2014
Baltimore, charleston, South Carolina, and a dozen other places are going to vote federal funds to build wharfs and other facilities in alexandria. So that money is not available. Alexandria begins to decline. As a transatlantic commercial center. Fortunately its going to become a railroad center, et cetera. Those petitions to retrocede the town or actually all of the district on the virginia side of the river, those pegs started very early. They were never effective until George Washington park...
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