It’s Memorial Day weekend!
Alexandria is commemorating the holiday with new plaques dedicated to locals who died in the Vietnam War.
VFW Post 609, American Legion Post 24, and the Office of Historic Alexandria are memorializing the Alexandrians with a plaque dedication ceremony on Monday, Memorial Day.
The plaque will be installed at Alexandria Union Station (110 Callahan Drive) at the city’s Monument to its War Dead. The ceremony is scheduled for 9 a.m. and is a free event.
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