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DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 ar/Detail.aspx?si=3970\n\nAfter the end of the Civil War\, the land forme
 rly used by the Union Army to build Fort Ward became home to a community 
 of African American families who began settling on the property and worki
 ng in the nearby Seminary area by the 1870s\, if not earlier.  This close
 ly knit group of families and their twentieth-century descendants called 
 the neighborhood\, "The Fort."  Family members continued to own land on t
 he site until the City of Alexandria established Fort Ward Park in the ea
 rly 1960s.  Today\, descendants of the 19th and 20th-century residents of
  "The Fort" and Seminary area still live in Alexandria.  Their story is b
 eing re-discovered and interpreted as part of a public history project th
 at focuses on the history of these families and evidence of their lives a
 nd burial sites in the landscape of present-day Fort Ward Park.\n\nThe pr
 ogram on June 2 will begin with the presentation of park interpretive sig
 nage that will be used to develop a public tour of "The Fort" community\,
  followed by a ceremony at the grave site of Clara Adams\, a matriarch of
  the community who was born on June 2\, 1865.   The program continues in 
 the Park amphitheatre where public remarks will include an overview of th
 e history of "The Fort" families\, remembrances of and reflections on dai
 ly life in the area by individuals who lived on the site or whose ancesto
 rs resided there\, and a performance by the Oakland Baptist Church Choir.
   Information on oral histories\, public records\, archaeological investi
 gation\, and the organizations involved in documenting "The Fort" communi
 ty will be available.\n\n\nLocation: Fort Ward Park\, 4301 W. Braddock Rd
 .\nContact Phone: 703.746.4848\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Museum
 s
DTEND:20120602T200000Z
DTSTAMP:20130619T220000Z
DTSTART:20120602T170000Z
LOCATION:Fort Ward Park\, 4301 W. Braddock Rd.
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:"The Fort" African American Community Event
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=3970">https://apps.alexandria
 va.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=3970</a><br />\n<br />After the end of the
  Civil War\, the land formerly used by the Union Army to build Fort Ward 
 became home to a community of African American families who began settlin
 g on the property and working in the nearby Seminary area by the 1870s\, 
 if not earlier.  This closely knit group of families and their twentieth-
 century descendants called the neighborhood\, ?The Fort.?  Family members
  continued to own land on the site until the City of Alexandria establish
 ed Fort Ward Park in the early 1960s.  Today\, descendants of the 19th an
 d 20th-century residents of ?The Fort? and Seminary area still live in Al
 exandria.  Their story is being re-discovered and interpreted as part of 
 a public history project that focuses on the history of these families an
 d evidence of their lives and burial sites in the landscape of present-da
 y Fort Ward Park.\n<br />\n<br />The program on June 2 will begin with th
 e presentation of park interpretive signage that will be used to develop 
 a public tour of ?The Fort? community\, followed by a ceremony at the gra
 ve site of Clara Adams\, a matriarch of the community who was born on Jun
 e 2\, 1865.   The program continues in the Park amphitheatre where public
  remarks will include an overview of the history of ?The Fort? families\,
  remembrances of and reflections on daily life in the area by individuals
  who lived on the site or whose ancestors resided there\, and a performan
 ce by the Oakland Baptist Church Choir.  Information on oral histories\, 
 public records\, archaeological investigation\, and the organizations inv
 olved in documenting ?The Fort? community will be available.\n<br />\n<br
  />\n<br />Location: Fort Ward Park\, 4301 W. Braddock Rd.\n<br />Contact
  Phone: 703.746.4848\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Muse
 ums
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