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Alexandria’s beautiful blizzard

Stacy Rausch | Catholic Herald

Snow-covered cars line the street outside St. Mary Jan. 24 as clean-up efforts began.

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A statue of Mary is partially buried in snow at St. Mary Church in Old Town after the blizzard that covered the region in more than a foot of snow over the weekend.

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A worker tries to clear a sidewalk with a snowblower on Jan. 24 along King Street in Alexandria.

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The Alexandria waterfront at sunset Jan.

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A snow angel rests on the snow near the waterfront in Alexandria after the storm.

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Drivers make their way up the partially cleared King Street Sunday night after the storm.

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Jenna and William McLaughlin stand on the steps of St. Mary Church in Alexandria, during the height of the blizzard after their wedding ceremony Jan. 23.

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William McLaughlin spins his new bride, Jenna, in the middle of a deserted King Street at the height of the blizzard after their wedding ceremony.

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Old Town Alexandria’s waterfront is seen in this panorama Jan. 24 the day after the snowstorm hit the region. Birds make tracks in the ice-covered Potomac River as a family (at right) feeds pigeons from a bench outside the Torpe do Factory Arts Center.

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A snowstorm blanketed Old Town Alexandria in snow the weekend
of Jan. 22-23. Following are photos from the aftermath of the
storm.

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