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,Lyceum,Museums,Old & Historic Alexandria 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=15961\n\nVirginia was a very di fferent place during the 18th and early 19th centuries\, dotted with thous ands of farms big and small\, many small towns\, and very few places that even approached the term "city." It was the most populous of the original 13 colonies\, however\, and we were led to independence by Virginia's mos t famous native son.\nGeorge Washington's Virginia is a lecture and book-s igning delivered by Dr. John Maass\, on Tuesday May 9\, at The Lyceum --- Alexandria's History Museum. Co-sponsored by Gadsby's Tavern Museum and T he Lyceum\, the program will be a tour of Colonial\, Revolutionary\, and E arly Republic-era Virginia as known by\, lived in\, traveled across\, and fought over by George Washington. Dr. Maass describes the stories and loc ations within the state associated with Washington\, America's most famous Founding Father\, from his birthplace along the lower Potomac River to hi s last years as the master of Mount Vernon. Along the way\, he offers an exploration of Washington's life and deeds in Virginia\, as well as a deta iled guide to the historic and scenic sites associated with him.\nDr. John Maass is a historian at the U.S. Army Center of Military History\, Fort M cNair\, Washington\, D.C. and an adjunct professor of history at Norwich U niversity. He is the author of North Carolina and the French and Indian W ar: The Spreading Flames of War\; Defending a New Nation\, 1783-1811\; and The Road to Yorktown. He received a BA in history from Washington and Lee University and a PhD in Early US History from the Ohio State University.\ n\nDoors will open for the program at 6:30 p.m.\, with the lecture at 7:00 p.m. The book-signing will follow the lecture.\n\nLocation: Lyceum\nCont act Phone: 703.746.4726\nFees: Tickets are $10 and may be purchased online . Proceeds from the lecture will benefit Gadsby's Tavern Museum and The Ly ceum. \nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Gadsby's Tavern\, Lyceum\, Mus eums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=15961\n\nWeb resou rces:\n\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/Shop\n DTEND:20170510T010000Z DTSTAMP:20170419T181802Z DTSTART:20170509T223000Z LOCATION:Lyceum SEQUENCE:4 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Lecture-A Great State and a Great Man TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:a4e4209e-66ae-4500-af82-ae944b21e782 URL:https://www.alexandriava.gov/Shop X-COA-DTSTAMP:20170419T181802Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR