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:Lecture,Lyceum,Museums,Old & Historic Alexandria,Old Town
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=15742\n\nA native of Westminste
 r\, MD\, Lloyd Diehl Schaeffer was a twenty-one-year-old college student w
 hen the United States entered World War I.  The young man had grown up wit
 h stories of cavalry charges and pitched battles told by aging Civil War v
 eterans\, some of whom had fought at Gettysburg less than twenty-five mile
 s away.  Schaeffer registered for the draft in 1917\, but couldn't wait to
  get into the service\, so he enlisted in the U. S. Army a few months late
 r and began training as an aviator.  That fall\, he sailed for France.\nAf
 ter a summer spent flying many combat missions over the Western Front in 1
 918\, Schaeffer was severely wounded when his French Breguet Bre.14 B2 bom
 ber was riddled by German fighter planes belonging to the famous Red Baron
 's "Flying Circus."  Though the Red Baron himself\, Manfred von Richtofen\
 , had been killed the previous spring\, his unit was still the terror of t
 he skies.  Schaeffer survived the fight but ended up in a French hospital\
 , with five bullet wounds all over his body.  His war over\, Lloyd Schaeff
 er returned a hero\, went into business in the Washington area\, married\,
  and raised a family.\nJim Bartlinski is the Director of the Airborne and 
 Special Operations Museum at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville\, NC\, but previou
 sly served as the Curator of the Carlyle House here in Alexandria.  In the
  course of his research at the Carlyle House\, Jim became interested in Ll
 oyd Schaeffer's life and story\, since Schaeffer is the one who saved the 
 18th-century mansion from the wrecking ball in 1940\, and operated it as a
  museum.  In 1969\, Schaeffer sold the site to the Northern Virginia Regio
 nal Park Authority\, which restored and reopened it in time for the Nation
 's Bicentennial in 1976.\nThis year marks the 100th anniversary of America
 n entry into World War I\, making it a fitting time to recall Lloyd Schaef
 fer's life\, military service\, and dedication to local history.\n\nParkin
 g is extremely limited at The Lyceum\, but there are garages and street pa
 rking nearby.  \n\nLocation: Lyceum\nContact Phone: 703.746.4706\nFees: Th
 e program is free for Alexandria Historical Society members\, and there is
  a nominal charge of $5 per person for non-members.  A membership table on
 -site will give people a chance to join the Society that night. \nAudience
 : Anyone may attend\nTags: Lecture\, Lyceum\, Museums\, Old & Historic Ale
 xandria\, Old Town\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.al
 exandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=15742\n\nWeb resources:\n\nhttps
 ://alexandriahistoricalsociety.wildapricot.org/\n
DTEND:20170323T010000Z
DTSTAMP:20170301T181237Z
DTSTART:20170322T233000Z
LOCATION:Lyceum
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Lecture-A Great War Veteran with a Love of History
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
UID:615ed3d7-82c7-415a-83c5-d424921419d4
URL:https://alexandriahistoricalsociety.wildapricot.org/
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20170301T181237Z
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR