Notes: Senator J.D. Vance welcomed to Del Ray with ‘yarn bombing’ near new home

Good Thursday morning, Alexandria!

☔ Today's weather: Possible light rain in the morning. High of 74 and low of 60. ☔ Tomorrow: Rain throughout the day. High of 69 and low of 48. Sunrise at 7:07 am and sunset at 7:24 pm.

Del Ray is traditionally known as a welcoming neighborhood. Freshman Senator J.D. Vance from Ohio seems to be a notable exception.

Politico reported that a signpost near Vance's new $1.5 million home has been yarn bombed — covered with rainbow knitting, likely in protest against Vance's anti-LGBTQ positions.

Washingtonian senior editor Andrew Beaujon noted that the yarn bombing is a step up from the guerrilla fairy door campaign back in 2021.

Yarn bombings would be a major escalation in Del Ray, a neighborhood once known for guerrilla installations of fairy doors https://t.co/TNUuAtFPCW https://t.co/kcZQernLSi

— Andrew Beaujon (@abeaujon) March 22, 2023

Love our constituents pic.twitter.com/iMPv8OwHkm

— Aaron Fritschner (@Fritschner) March 22, 2023

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Reminder: There is no school for ACPS students except Samuel W. Tucker students this Friday (March 24, 2023). This is a teacher work day. pic.twitter.com/k0iv8p2D69

— Alexandria City Public Schools (@ACPSk12) March 22, 2023

Today we remember Cpl. Charles Hill. Cpl. Hill was killed in the line of duty on this day 34 years ago while responding to a hostage situation.

Cpl. Hill had served with the Alexandria Police Department for 13 years previous to his end of watch.

Cpl. Hill we #salute you… pic.twitter.com/zF5Hmu3Jrz

— Alexandria Police (@AlexandriaVAPD) March 22, 2023

This might help to explain the faint smell of a campfire in the air in parts of Arlington today https://t.co/rBUlYl5TL0

— Arlington Now (@ARLnowDOTcom) March 22, 2023

Here is what's going on today in Alexandria, from our event calendar.