Alexandria Snapshot: In Honor of Washington's 284th birthday
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Alexandria Snapshot: In Honor of Washington's 284th birthday

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Children eat ice cream and cake under the watchful eyes of John Carlyle, Washington's close friend, portrayed by Chuck Aldridge.

At the George Washington's birthday celebration on Feb. 22 at the Duncan Branch, Alexandria Library, are (from left) Thomas Darcy (portrayed by Terry Zerwick); a man in service to John Dalton, close friend of George Washington (Danny Smith); John Carlyle (Chuck Aldridge); and Adam Stephen, one of Washington's lieutenants in the French and Indian War (Philip Smucker).