Mr Ghost Goes To Town

Mr Ghost Goes To Town

Mr Ghost Goes To Town

Anyone, dead or alive, would have a difficult time NOT seeing guide Chris, with Alexandria's Footsteps to the Past, as he stands on the porch of the William Ramsey House. Wearing bright red 18th century garb he seems to defy any specter, from a distant time, from mischief making. Not that he will give a definitive answer on the subject of ghosts and the supernatural – but after taking the hour-long tour it is difficult for even the greatest disbeliever to doubt them completely.

As one of Colonial America’s most important port cities – mainly for Virginia’s tobacco crop - Alexandria has a past rich in history and colorful characters. The latter seems to have a tough time leaving the area.

Case in point is Mr. Ramsey himself - one of the original Scottish settlers. His house - now used as Alexandria's Visitors Center - was once a mere fraction of its current size. But that has not kept the former owner from returning. It seems although his time on earth was filled with land speculation and merchandising his afterlife is consumed with an eternal roving. Why? One answer came from his Anglo Saxon wife burying his Celtic remains in a Church of England cemetery. The proud Highlander has been on the move ever since.