Calendar of Events

Historic Alexandria Calendar

Upcoming events from the Office of Historic Alexandria
Date    TimeEvent
Nov 10, 2018 Sat 10:00 AMFort Tours in honor of Veterans Day
A Union veteran interpreter conducts two 90-minute tours of the fort, reminiscing about army life in the Defenses of Washington.
Nov 10, 2018 Sat 10:00 AMExtended Tour of Apothecary Museum
Purchase tickets for a Saturday morning extended tour and spend twice as long learning about the historic retail shop and laboratory of the old apothecary.
Nov 10, 2018 Sat
CANCELLED: Portside History
The Office of Historic Alexandria's Hands-on and interactive history activities related to Alexandria’s rich waterfront history will resume in the spring.
Nov 10, 2018 Sat 11:00 AMLecture-Come Out Fighting by C.R. Gibbs
A free lecture with historian C. R. Gibbs. Cosponsored with Port of Harlem Magazine
Nov 10, 2018 Sat 11:00 AMPortside History: Archaeology Waterfront Tour
Join an expert-led tour to learn of the new discoveries and hidden history of the waterfront.
Nov 10, 2018 Sat 1:00 PMFreedom House Museum open
See a powerful exhibit in the basement of the building, which was once part of a larger complex used by the slave trading firm Franklin and Armfield. Through first-person accounts of enslaved men and women and details from the business, encounter the harsh reality of the domestic slave trade and Alexandria's role.
Nov 10, 2018 Sat 2:00 PMFort Tours in honor of Veterans Day
A Union veteran interpreter conducts two 90-minute tours of the fort, reminiscing about army life in the Defenses of Washington.

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