St. Mary's Historical Marker, Alexandria, VA

Historical Marker at St. Mary's Cemetery, Alexandria, VA
Text: "This stone taken from the canal of the Potomac Company of which Washington and Fitzgerald were directors commemorates the First Catholic Church in Virginia, AD 1795 which stood until 1839 about twenty feet behind this marker."

"The grateful acknowledgment of their aid in establishing this church the three trees to the north of this stone have been dedicated as follows:

To George Washington as subscriber to the building.
Colonel John Fitzgerald his favorite aide de camp as the collector of the building fund.
Colonel Robert Hooe, Mayor of Alexandria as donor of the acre of land."

Dedicated ... December __ 19__.

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