BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DESCRIPTION:Historic Alexandria Calendar METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//alexandriava.gov//Web Calendar 1.0//EN SUMMARY:Historic Alexandria Calendar X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:Historic Alexandria Calendar X-WR-CALNAME:Historic Alexandria Calendar X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Gadsby's Tavern DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not c hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=12180\n\nBalls were a girl's fa vorite thing to do in the 18th century. Explore the tavern where famous b alls like George Washington's Birthnight Ball were held and practice the t asks involved in preparing for a ball. Includes an 18th century dance les son and a craft to take home! Hour program begins at 10:30 a.m. with a ne w group starting every 45 minutes\; last program begins at 3:15 p.m. Rese rvations are required. \n\nLocation: Gadsby's Tavern Museum\, 134 N. Roya l St.\nContact Person: Michele Longo\nContact Phone: 703.746.4739 \nContac t Email: gadsbys.tavern@alexandriava.gov\nFees: $6 per person\, ages 5 and up. Tickets go on sale September 8\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Ga dsby's Tavern\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexand riava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=12180 DTEND:20160206T210000Z DTSTAMP:20160121T142643Z DTSTART:20160206T153000Z GEO:38.805577;-77.043493 LOCATION:Gadsby's Tavern Museum\, 134 N. Royal St. SEQUENCE:5 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:RESCHEDULED Preparing for a Ball TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:815bef2a-ff12-49f3-acc9-a93a4e0dfcf0 X-COA-DTSTAMP:20160121T142643Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Adult,Black History Museum,Lecture,Museums,Parker Gray DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not c hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=12276\n\nHarriet Jacobs and Jul ia Wilbur: Friends and Allies in the Civil War. Lecture by writer\, editor and Civil War researcher Paula Whitacre. Harriet Jacobs was an African-Am erican writer who escaped from slavery and was later freed. She became an abolitionist speaker and reformer. She wrote an autobiographical novel\, " Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl." Julia Wilbur\, a relief worker fro m Rochester\, NY\, came to Alexandria during the Civil War. She kept a det ailed diary from the 1840s through her death in 1895.\n\nLocation: Black H istory Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nContact Phone: 703.746.4356\nFees: Free\, r eservations encouraged. Please call 703.746.4356.\nAudience: Anyone may at tend\nTags: Adult\, Black History Museum\, Lecture\, Museums\, Parker Gray \n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Cal endar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=12276 DTEND:20160206T170000Z DTSTAMP:20160129T163130Z DTSTART:20160206T160000Z GEO:38.812083;-77.048042 LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St. SEQUENCE:4 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Lecture: Harriet Jacobs and Julia Wilbur TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:7fe5e0bd-25b4-4187-9f4b-3db830e1ccc3 X-COA-DTSTAMP:20160129T163130Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Museums DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not c hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=12296\n\nCelebrating George Was hington's Birthday\, local restaurants offer dishes and beverages featurin g cherries in the spirit of the old cherry tree tale. Visit over 50 parti cipating restaurants during the contest and vote for your favorite cherry based items. The customer sampling the greatest number of competing items will receive the Frequent Cherry Diner Award. Participating restaurants are listed at http://www.washingtonbirthday.net/cherry-challenge.\n \n\n\n Location: No Location Specified\nContact Person: Danny Smith\nAudience: A nyone may attend\nTags: Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: h ttp://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=12296\n\nWeb resour ces:\n\nhttp://www.washingtonbirthday.net/cherry-challenge.\n DTEND:20160207T040000Z DTSTAMP:20160201T192816Z DTSTART:20160206T160000Z SEQUENCE:4 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:George Washington Birthday Cherry Challenge TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:b7783dc4-c35f-46a0-b51d-00581e838986 URL:http://www.washingtonbirthday.net/cherry-challenge. X-COA-DTSTAMP:20160201T192816Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR