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American Red Cross (Historical Marker)

GPS Coordinates: 38.8111317, -77.0443869
Closest Address: 617 North Saint Asaph Street, Alexandria, VA 22314

American Red Cross (Historical Marker)

Here follows the inscription written on this roadside historical marker:

American Red Cross
This building, originally built as a bottling plant for the Robert Portner Brewing Company in 1912, was purchased along with the land surrounding it by the American National Red Cross in the spring of 1941. It served as the organization's Eastern Operations Headquarters until 1992.

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