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: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=17623\n\nFreedom House Museum a t 1315 Duke Street is now open Saturday and Sunday from 1-5 p.m. Admission is $5 per person. Tickets can be purchased by cash or check at the door. The building is currently owned by the Northern Virginia Urban League and together with the Office of Historic Alexandria\, we invite you to visit t he museum in this historic reminder of slavery.\n\nLocation: Freedom House Museum\nContact Email: historicalexandria@alexandriava.gov\nFees: Admissi on is $5 per person. Tickets can be purchased at the door.\nAudience: Anyo ne may attend\nTags: Old Town\n\nImport this event into your calendar: htt p://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=17623\n\nWeb resource s:\n\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/historic/info/default.aspx?id=101647\n DTEND:20180322T210000Z DTSTAMP:20180305T150451Z DTSTART:20180322T170000Z GEO:38.803899;-77.054490 LOCATION:Freedom House Museum SEQUENCE:4 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Freedom House Museum open TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:d750d256-3a87-439c-9cd4-7146c2803a6a URL:https://www.alexandriava.gov/historic/info/default.aspx?id=101647 X-COA-DTSTAMP:20180305T150451Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lecture,Lyceum,Museums,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=17321\n\nIn 1917\, the Women's Land Army of America (WLAA) began recruiting the first of the more than 20 \,000 women who would work the land while America's farmers were called up to serve in the Great War. The girls and women of the WLAA\, also known a s Farmerettes\, shocked American society\, as they were paid equally with male farm laborers\, worked eight-hour days - and wore pants. Eventually\, Farmerettes would work on family farms in orchards in 25 states\, includi ng Virginia. A very diverse group of Virginia females participated in the state's WLAA\; in Loudoun County\, Girl Scouts sorted fruit at Blue Mounta in Peaches. Students at Hollins College (now Hollins University) and Rando lph-Macon Women's College (now Randolph College) worked on local farms. Ri chmond socialites donated money to the cause and even signed up to attend the training camp established at the University of Virginia in the summer of 1919. These women\, and other Farmerettes around the country inspired H ollywood films\, poems\, songs\, and plays. Anna Keifer holds an M.A. in E arly American History from the University of New Hampshire and serves as A djunct Instructor at Lord Fairfax Community College and as an independent historian.\n\nLocation: Lyceum\nContact Phone: 703.746.4994\nFees: Tickets for each lecture are $10. A combination ticket for the full series (March 1\, 15\, and 22) is available for $25\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Lecture\, Lyceum\, Museums\, Old Town\n\nImport this event into your cale ndar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=17321\n\nWeb resources:\n\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov\n DTEND:20180323T010000Z DTSTAMP:20180108T183937Z DTSTART:20180322T233000Z LOCATION:Lyceum SEQUENCE:4 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:The Lyceum WWI Lecture Series-Sowing the Seeds TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:14e276c9-1f83-4bef-9330-7e73f615dab0 URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov X-COA-DTSTAMP:20180108T183937Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR