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Set up a news alert forAlexandriaAlexandria Image.JPG) This is what behind one of the shop's counters looked like from a customer's perspective in this long-running business.
 The pews in Christ Church look much today like they did long ago when people, such as George Washington and Robert E. Lee, were members and attended services.
 Visitors at Carlyle House for "A Soldier's Christmas" living history event on Dec. 1, 2012
 A snapshot of history. This image is on display at the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary and shows what the shop looked like when it was operational. The business claimed bankruptcy in 1933 and the owners simply locked the doors and walked away.
 The Old Town Farmers' Market at the Market Square originated in 1753 and is one of the longest continuously operating farmers' market in the US. Here is one of the tables set up on Dec. 1.
 Carlyle House is unique, an 18th-century Palladian-style house located in Alexandria, Va.
 A desk remains that once belonged to the owners of the apothecary. Here it is on display in the manufacturing room, along with office records and supplies.
 Christ Church, as seen from a distance. It is difficult to capture the scope of the architecture, even from a distance.
 This image was taken during a 2009 tour, this pew was the one Washington and his family occupied for Sunday services.
 Shoppers come to Old Town Alexandria's Market Square on a Saturday morning. The farmers' market has been held since 1753 and is currently open year-round.
 An image taken inside Carlyle House. This house was modeled after a Scottish country manor.
 An eight story apartment collapses in Alexandria Egypt Screen Capture
 Marker on an Alexandria home.
 Murphy's Irish pub is decorated in festive greens and sparkling lights.
 A selection of old glass baby bottles on display at the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum
 Rescuers search for trapped victims after an apartment collapsed in Alexandria, Egypt. Screen Capture
 The current pulpit was installed in the late 19th century, it is not an original, but a replica in design, placement and liturgical practices to be consistent with the way it would have looked in the 18th century.
.JPG) Image of the house marked "John Douglass Brown House". The city's website describes this structure as perhaps the "least altered of the surviving early buildings"
 Robert E. Lee's boyhood home and marker.
 The Lee-Fendall House. This home was in Robert E. Lee's family for a long period of time.
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