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=16528\n\nThe labor of African A mericans - both free and enslaved - was critical to Alexandria's developme nt as an important port city in the 18th and 19th centuries.\n\nJoin this interactive 60 to 75-minute tour exploring urban slavery at Gadsby's Taver n. Known for his work in the early hospitality industry\, John Gadsby reli ed on the capital\, labor\, and ingenuity of enslaved people of African de scent for his businesses in Alexandria\, Baltimore\, and Washington\, D.C. But what does hospitality mean when the labor is being done by people hel d in bondage? How does enslaved labor change how we think of hospitality? What was the cost to the people compelled to work at Gadsby's? \n\nPartici pants will explore how the nuances of urban slavery complicate and expand our understanding of slavery in America through the stories\, experiences\ , and archival traces of those enslaved by John Gadsby. \n\nTours at 10am and Noon.\n\nLocation: Gadsby's Tavern Museum\, 134 N. Royal St.\nFees: $1 5 per person\n\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Gadsby's Tavern\n\nImpo rt this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iC al.aspx?id=1&si=16528\n\nWeb resources:\n\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov/E vents.aspx\n DTEND:20171007T170000Z DTSTAMP:20170807T170209Z DTSTART:20171007T140000Z GEO:38.805577;-77.043493 LOCATION:Gadsby's Tavern Museum\, 134 N. Royal St. SEQUENCE:5 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:A Complicated Hospitality Tour TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:95e5a16e-3bd7-4b19-a06e-a7877d2ea9e8 URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx X-COA-DTSTAMP:20170807T170209Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Archaeology Museum,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=15943\n\nAssist Alexandria Arch aeology at a public dig! The dig day includes an introduction to the hist ory and archaeology of the Shuter's Hill Site\, a site tour\, and the oppo rtunity to sift through excavated soil and assist with artifact processing .\n\nLocation: Shuter's Hill Site at the Masonic Memorial\nFees: $5 donati on and pre-registration is required\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Ar chaeology Museum\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\n\nImport this even t into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1 &si=15943\n\nWeb resources:\n\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/Archaeology\n DTEND:20171007T190000Z DTSTAMP:20170413T132109Z DTSTART:20171007T173000Z GEO:38.806928;-77.065639 LOCATION:Shuter's Hill Site at the Masonic Memorial SEQUENCE:4 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Alexandria Archaeology Dig Days TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:cca80daf-73e3-4861-84d0-535481eb4421 URL:https://www.alexandriava.gov/Archaeology X-COA-DTSTAMP:20170413T132109Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR