BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Book Discussion Group CATEGORIES:Lecture CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria CATEGORIES:Old Town DESCRIPTION:Imported on Sep 9\, 2026\, 18 days before the event.\nTo verif y info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=6 3498\n\nJoin us at Lloyd House for a series of lectures featuring local a uthors\, with the first featuring Bob Dover\, author of Bridges of Washin gton\, D.C. A History and Guide. Explore the history of our nation's capi tal through this history of its bridges. In the late 1700s\, the first br idges\, now completely gone\, connected the new Federal City to the outsi de world. Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries\, more and bi gger crossings arose to support industry\, allow the expansion of suburbs \, commemorate cultural and civic leaders\, and enhance the aesthetics of the District's waterfronts and parks. Although the city abandoned civic- minded\, commemorative\, and monumental constructions for utilitarian hig hway monoliths in the mid-twentieth century\, a recent renaissance has se en a welcome shift to walkability and beauty instead of brute utility. Us ing the city's bridges as an index of the times\, author and D.C. native Bob Dover tracks the growth\, decay\, and rebirth of the District from th e 1750s to today. \n\nLocation: Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St.\nFees : $15/$12 for Historic Alexandria Members and volunteers.\nTags: Book Dis cussion Group\, Lecture\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\ n\nWeb resources:\n\nPurchase Tickets online\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.g ov/Events.aspx\n DTEND:20260927T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260820T194023Z DTSTART:20260927T190000Z GEO:38.807209;-77.046797 LOCATION:Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St. SEQUENCE:8 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Lecture: "Bridges of Washington\, D.C." TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:3037840e-da00-478b-ae89-7f0e96e8a429 URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Imported on Sep 9\, 2026\, 18 days before the event.
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Join us at Lloyd House for a seri es of lectures featuring local authors\, with the first featuring Bob Dov er\, author of Bridges of Washington\, D.C. A History and Guide. Explore the history of our nation'\;s capital through this history of its brid ges. In the late 1700s\, the first bridges\, now completely gone\, connec ted the new Federal City to the outside world. Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries\, more and bigger crossings arose to support indu stry\, allow the expansion of suburbs\, commemorate cultural and civic le aders\, and enhance the aesthetics of the District?s waterfronts and park s. Although the city abandoned civic-minded\, commemorative\, and monumen tal constructions for utilitarian highway monoliths in the mid-twentieth century\, a recent renaissance has seen a welcome shift to walkability an d beauty instead of brute utility. Using the city?s bridges as an index o f the times\, author and D.C. native Bob Dover tracks the growth\, decay\ , and rebirth of the District from the 1750s to today. \n
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Lo cation: Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St.\n
Fees: $15/$12 for Hist oric Alexandria Members and volunteers.\n
Tags: Book Discussion Grou p\, Lecture\, Museums\, Old &\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town
\nPurchase Tickets online
\n X-COA-DTSTAMP:20260820T194023Z BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Lecture: "Bridges of Washington\, D.C." : Please visit website to confirm time\, location\, etc. DURATION:PT30M REPEAT:2 TRIGGER:-PT30M END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lecture CATEGORIES:Museums DESCRIPTION:Imported on Sep 9\, 2026\, 39 days before the event.\nTo verif y info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=6 3497\n\nLecture: "Descendants" by John Durel \n\nJoin us at Lloyd House f or a series of lectures featuring local authors\, with the second featuri ng John W. Durel\, author of "Descendants\, The Divided Lineage of a Loui siana Creole Family." "Descendants" raises questions of racial identity\, interracial relationships\, and racism as experienced by eight generatio ns of a Creole family living in New Orleans from the mid-eighteenth into the twenty-first century. Each chapter relates stories of individuals who se lives were shaped by race in the context of the times in which they li ved\, revealing evolving attitudes\, behaviors\, and laws\, with implicat ions for our understanding of race in America today.\n\nDr. Durel will pr esent an overview of the book\, read excerpts\, and lead a discussion of some of the surprising stories that surfaced through his extensive histor ical and genealogical research. \n\nBorn in Thibodaux\, Louisiana\, John Durel holds a PhD in American History from the University of New Hampshir e. Following a career working in and consulting with museums nationwide a nd internationally\, in 2019 he returned to his interest in historical re search and writing. "Descendants" is his first book.\n\nLocation: Lloyd H ouse\, 220 N. Washington St.\nFees: $15/$12 for Historic Alexandria Membe rs and volunteers\nTags: Lecture\, Museums\n\nWeb resources:\n\nPurchase Tickets online\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx\n DTEND:20261018T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260820T194321Z DTSTART:20261018T190000Z GEO:38.807209;-77.046797 LOCATION:Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St. SEQUENCE:7 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Lecture: "Descendants" by John Durel TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:aaea0c3c-ce51-48da-ab74-f078e443eeb5 URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Imported on Sep 9\, 2026\, 39 days before the event.
To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calenda r/Detail.aspx?si=63497
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Lecture: "\;Descendants"\ ; by John Durel \n
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Join us at Lloyd House for a series of le ctures featuring local authors\, with the second featuring John W. Durel\ , author of "\;Descendants\, The Divided Lineage of a Louisiana Creol e Family."\; "\;Descendants"\; raises questions of racial ide ntity\, interracial relationships\, and racism as experienced by eight ge nerations of a Creole family living in New Orleans from the mid-eighteent h into the twenty-first century. Each chapter relates stories of individu als whose lives were shaped by race in the context of the times in which they lived\, revealing evolving attitudes\, behaviors\, and laws\, with i mplications for our understanding of race in America today.\n
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Dr. Durel will present an overview of the book\, read excerpts\, and le ad a discussion of some of the surprising stories that surfaced through h is extensive historical and genealogical research. \n
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Born i n Thibodaux\, Louisiana\, John Durel holds a PhD in American History from the University of New Hampshire. Following a career working in and consu lting with museums nationwide and internationally\, in 2019 he returned t o his interest in historical research and writing. "\;Descendants&quo t\; is his first book.\n
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Location: Lloyd House\, 220 N. Wash ington St.\n
Fees: $15/$12 for Historic Alexandria Members and volun teers\n
Tags: Lecture\, Museums
\nPurchase Tickets online
\n X-COA-DTSTAMP:20260820T194321Z BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Lecture: "Descendants" by John Durel : Please visit website to confirm time\, location\, etc. DURATION:PT30M REPEAT:2 TRIGGER:-PT30M END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Book Discussion Group CATEGORIES:Lecture CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria CATEGORIES:Old Town DESCRIPTION:Imported on Sep 9\, 2026\, 67 days before the event.\nTo verif y info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=6 3499\n\nJoin us at Lloyd House for a series of lectures featuring local a uthors\, with the third featuring Jonathan S. Jones\, author of Opium Sla very\, Civil War Veterans and America's First Opioid Crisis. \n\nDuring t he Civil War\, the utility and widespread availability of opium and morph ine made opiates essential to wartime medicine. After the war ended\, tho usands of ailing soldiers became addicted\, or "enslaved\," as nineteenth -century Americans phrased it. Veterans\, their families\, and communitie s struggled to cope with addiction's health and social consequences. Medi cal and government authorities compounded veterans' suffering and imbued the epidemic with cultural meaning by branding addiction as a matter of m oral weakness\, unmanliness\, or mental infirmity. Framing addiction as " opium slavery" limited the efficacy of care and left many veterans to suf fer needlessly for decades after the war ended.\n\nDrawing from veterans' firsthand accounts as well as mental asylum and hospital records\, gover nment and medical reports\, newspaper coverage of addiction\, and adverti sements\, Jonathan S. Jones unearths the poorly understood stories of opi ate-addicted Civil War veterans in unflinching detail\, illuminating the war's traumatic legacies. In doing so\, Jones provides critical historica l context for the modern opioid crisis\, which bears tragic resemblance t o that of the post-Civil War era.\n\nLocation: Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washi ngton St.\nFees: $15/$12 for Historic Alexandria Members and volunteers.\ nTags: Book Discussion Group\, Lecture\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexand ria\, Old Town\n\nWeb resources:\n\nPurchase Tickets online\nhttps://shop .alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx\n DTEND:20261115T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260820T193707Z DTSTART:20261115T200000Z GEO:38.807209;-77.046797 LOCATION:Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St. SEQUENCE:7 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Lecture: "Opium Slavery\, Civil War Veterans ..." TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:afe40fd3-cdc7-46f4-8d4c-2b96ba2102b1 URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Imported on Sep 9\, 2026\, 67 days before the event.
To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calenda r/Detail.aspx?si=63499
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Join us at Lloyd House for a seri es of lectures featuring local authors\, with the third featuring Jonatha n S. Jones\, author of Opium Slavery\, Civil War Veterans and America?s F irst Opioid Crisis. \n
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During the Civil War\, the utility an d widespread availability of opium and morphine made opiates essential to wartime medicine. After the war ended\, thousands of ailing soldiers bec ame addicted\, or ?enslaved\,? as nineteenth-century Americans phrased it . Veterans\, their families\, and communities struggled to cope with addi ction?s health and social consequences. Medical and government authoritie s compounded veterans'\; suffering and imbued the epidemic with cultur al meaning by branding addiction as a matter of moral weakness\, unmanlin ess\, or mental infirmity. Framing addiction as ?opium slavery? limited t he efficacy of care and left many veterans to suffer needlessly for decad es after the war ended.\n
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Drawing from veterans'\; firsth and accounts as well as mental asylum and hospital records\, government a nd medical reports\, newspaper coverage of addiction\, and advertisements \, Jonathan S. Jones unearths the poorly understood stories of opiate-add icted Civil War veterans in unflinching detail\, illuminating the war?s t raumatic legacies. In doing so\, Jones provides critical historical conte xt for the modern opioid crisis\, which bears tragic resemblance to that of the post?Civil War era.\n
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Location: Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St.\n
Fees: $15/$12 for Historic Alexandria Members and v olunteers.\n
Tags: Book Discussion Group\, Lecture\, Museums\, Old & amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town
\nPurchase Tickets online
\n X-COA-DTSTAMP:20260820T193707Z BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Lecture: "Opium Slavery\, Civil War Veterans ...": Please visi t website to confirm time\, location\, etc. DURATION:PT30M REPEAT:2 TRIGGER:-PT30M END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR