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To: mrs9x

It originally WAS part of DC!......................(they gave it back!).................


29 posted on 11/07/2014 7:07:49 AM PST by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Red Badger
That which is now called Arlington County was ceded By Virginia to the FedGov to form (with areas ceded by Maryland) the Federal District, as requested in the Constitution. FedGov gave Arlington back to Virginia.
39 posted on 11/07/2014 7:21:06 AM PST by NorthMountain
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To: Red Badger

Fairfax wasn’t. Arlington (then called Alexandria County) was until 1846.


83 posted on 11/07/2014 9:50:00 AM PST by 22202NOVA (Tagline? I don't need no stinking tagline!)
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