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        <Name>A Stone's Throw Away at Stonegate in Alexandria</Name>
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A Washington Post article from last year,&lt;strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/23/AR2007032300892.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#0000ff"&gt;&amp;quot;5-in-1 Community is Still a Discovery,&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; details that &amp;quot;Several uncovered &amp;quot;chipping clusters&amp;quot; and projectile points ranging from 3,500 to 1,000 B.C. led researchers to believe the site served as several temporary settlements where Native Americans would form tools from cobbles found in the streambed.&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;My bet is that few homeowners in this popular Alexandria neighborhood are aware of the historical significance of their location.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Stonegate Townhouses" height="257" alt="Stonegate Townhouses" hspace="8" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/9/1/9/6/6/ar120250337466919.jpg" width="238" align="right" /&gt;Additionally, the &lt;strong&gt;Stonegate neighborhood&lt;/strong&gt;, while primarily townhouses, also includes some garden style condominiums.&amp;nbsp; 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