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African American History of Alexandria Bus Tour

Title:African American History of Alexandria Bus Tour
Date & Time:Sat Apr 27, 2019 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Event Details:This special bus tour begins at Mount Vernon with an exclusive viewing of Mount Vernon’s Lives Bound Together exhibition, on slavery at George Washington’s plantation. The tour will be conducted by exhibit curators. Afterward, visitors will walk to Mount Vernon’s Slave Cemetery for a site talk by archeologists, followed by a lunchtime lecture (box lunch provided). After lunch, guests will board a bus to Alexandria and visit Freedom House Museum, once part of the headquarters for the largest domestic slave trading firm in the United States, and then on to Alexandria’s Contraband and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial, the burial ground for over 1700 contrabands (escaped slaves). The tour will conclude at Mount Vernon at 4 p.m. The tour will go rain or shine and has extended periods of walking over uneven terrain.
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Contact Phone No.:703.746.4356
Fees:$40
Audience:Anyone may attend
Tags:Archaeology Museum, Black History Museum, Museums


For event details visit http://www.alexandriava.gov/c/23888
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