VA, USA
Market Square
Landmark
The central public space of colonial Alexandria where the Fairfax Independent Company mustered and drilled before and during the war. Scene of public readings of the Declaration of Independence and a focal point for Patriot organizing in Northern Virginia.
Connected Events
Apr 1755
Carlyle House Serves as Braddock's War Council Headquarters
George Washington, John Carlyle
Jul 1774
Fairfax Resolves Adopted
George Washington, George Mason
Sep 1774
Fairfax County Committee of Safety Established
George Washington, George Mason, William Ramsay, Dennis Ramsay
Apr 1775
Fairfax Independent Company Mustered
George Washington, George Mason
May 1775
Washington Departs for Continental Congress
George Washington
Jan 1778
William Brown Publishes First American Pharmacopoeia
William Brown
May 1779
Alexandria Incorporated as a Town
William Ramsay, Dennis Ramsay
Apr 1789
Alexandria Bids Washington Farewell Before Inaugural Journey
George Washington, William Ramsay, Dennis Ramsay