Boarding School
At the boarding school in Alexandria, there is a section in the rear portion of the campus reserved as woods. During the Civil War, however, these woods were actually a trench that connected Union forts through Virginia and Maryland. Overtime, however, foliage has grown up where the trench once was. It has been reported that in the woods the sounds of soldiers and horses may be heard. No actual sightings of ghosts have been reported. The school itself was once a Union hospital and it has been said that one can hear the sound of screaming victims of the war�s atrocities.
This is really sad. I mean, so many young lives were lost during the civil war. I think that every where there is a Civil War haunting, a seance should be held. Just to put these poor souls at rest.
Comment by Destiny | 06.7.2006 | 9:24 pm
I think that the story is scary,sad,and cool.It is scary because you can hear screams,sad because many people died,and cool because even though it was bad it was one of the biggest wars in history!
Comment by Sarah | 07.10.2006 | 5:22 pm
to me that sounds creapy if i would have known that i would have stopped myself from asking to go to a boarding school.My oppinion would be to shut the place down as a school and make it a museum where the building can be observed for ancient artifacts and if something goes wrong with one of the students messes up anything in that building it could mess up something in history and they would regret it for the rest of their lives because they know that they messed up a part of history and the school would regret it forever because they know that they should have clossed down the place and made it a museum because it could cost them thousands beyond millions of dollars!!!!
Comment by unspoken | 09.29.2006 | 8:34 pm
i would say the same thing, i mean AMEARICA HAVING A CIVIL WAR IS HARSH, YET ITS HISTORY, I MEAN, i really feel sad and all of this happened,people having war and all this, should stop harming the good people is a bad influence and yet jesus created us because were his creations, not war machines, how would you feel if innocent people which did nothing, have wars,
i mean come on, thats, thats, harsh and completly wrong
innocents losing there lives : *( thats wrong
Comment by rod | 02.7.2008 | 6:17 pm
I went to that school, and at one point it was a hospital for civil war soldiers. In my 4 years there, I have never seen a ghost or felt a paranormal vibe, especially in that section of woods. Though apparently the Pendleton Hall building is haunted.
Being alone in the basement of that building late at night, is certainly an experience. It may have been rats, but I definitely heard something down there, like a screwdriver or something being dropped.
Comment by Anon | 03.13.2008 | 4:09 pm