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View from the Virginia Shore

August 6, 2024

William MacLeod was born in Alexandria, Virginia in 1811 to Scottish parents. He developed a strong connection with the city of Washington at a young age, witnessing the burning of the city by the British in 1814. After finishing his schooling, MacLeod attended medical training at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. It was during this time that he started visiting museums and art galleries and learned to paint.

Moses Ball Grant

July 25, 2024

Moses Ball (1717-1792), the ancestor of generations of prominent Arlingtonians, received a 91-acre grant on this land from Lord Fairfax in 1748. The property remained in the Ball Family until 1818. It is thought that Ball built his home on a rise north of the existing spring about 200 yards east of this marker. George Washington, who owned an adjacent tract of land south of Four Mile Run, surveyed his tract on April 22, 1785, in company with Moses Ball.

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