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:King Street CATEGORIES:Lecture CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Old Town CATEGORIES:Public Art & Memorials CATEGORIES:Washington Street DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend ar/Detail.aspx?si=4903\n\nIn "Heroes of the Underground Railroad in Alexa ndria and D.C. in the 19th Century\," Dr. Jenny Masur\, National Capital Region Manager of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom\, will conduct an engaging discussion of the Underground Railroad in Alexan dria and in Washington\, D.C.\n \nHow many times h ave you driven past the 10 foot-tall bronze statue of two African America n women on Duke Street and wondered what it signified? Join the Alexandri a Historical Socety at this lecture and discover the story behind sisters Emily and Mary Edmonson\, daughters of a free black man and enslaved wom an who attempted to escape to freedom aboard the Pearl in 1848 with nearl y 80 other enslaved people. The teenaged girls were captured and transfe rred to the Bruin Slave Pen on Duke Street\, once located where their sta tue now stands. With help from their father and abolitionists including Harriet Beecher Stowe their freedom was purchased and they were rescued f rom a life of slavery.\n\nDr. Jenny Masur has worked on the National Unde rground Railroad Network to Freedom program for 13 years. She will also discuss an escape from Alexandria Harbor on a ship called the Regulator a nd the story of Leonard Grimes\, a man who was prosecuted for assisting f reedom seekers. Dr. Masur\, a 1990 and 2004 Fulbright Professor and exper t on the Underground Railroad in the National Capital Region\, will intro duce the audience to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom and its definition of the Underground Railroad as "resistance to slavery through flight\," whether by sea or by land.\n\nLocation: The Lyceum\, 2 01 S. Washington St.\nContact Phone: 703.746.4994\nAudience: Anyone may a ttend\nTags: King Street\, Lecture\, Museums\, Old Town\, Public Art & Me morials\, Washington Street DTEND:20121025T003000Z DTSTAMP:20130619T220000Z DTSTART:20121024T233000Z GEO:38.803564;-77.047425 LOCATION:The Lyceum\, 201 S. Washington St. SEQUENCE:7 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Heroes of the Underground Railroad in Alexandria TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:5eae7fd1-4fc5-44a9-a446-b4113292fced X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandria va.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=4903
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In ?Heroes of the Un derground Railroad in Alexandria and D.C. in the 19th Century\,? Dr. Jenn y Masur\, National Capital Region Manager of the National Underground Rai lroad Network to Freedom\, will conduct an engaging discussion of the Und erground Railroad in Alexandria and in Washington\, D.C.\n
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How many times have you driven past the 10 foot-ta ll bronze statue of two African American women on Duke Street and wondere d what it signified? Join the Alexandria Historical Socety at this lectur e and discover the story behind sisters Emily and Mary Edmonson\, daughte rs of a free black man and enslaved woman who attempted to escape to free dom aboard the Pearl in 1848 with nearly 80 other enslaved people. The t eenaged girls were captured and transferred to the Bruin Slave Pen on Duk e Street\, once located where their statue now stands. With help from th eir father and abolitionists including Harriet Beecher Stowe their freedo m was purchased and they were rescued from a life of slavery.\n
\nDr. Jenny Masur has worked on the National Underground Railroad Netwo rk to Freedom program for 13 years. She will also discuss an escape from Alexandria Harbor on a ship called the Regulator and the story of Leonar d Grimes\, a man who was prosecuted for assisting freedom seekers. Dr. Ma sur\, a 1990 and 2004 Fulbright Professor and expert on the Underground R ailroad in the National Capital Region\, will introduce the audience to t he National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom and its definition of the Underground Railroad as ?resistance to slavery through flight\,? whe ther by sea or by land.\n
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Location: The Lyceum\, 201 S. Wash ington St.\n
Contact Phone: 703.746.4994\n
Audience: Anyone may attend\n
Tags: King Street\, Lecture\, Museums\, Old Town\, Public Art &\; Memorials\, Washington Street X-COA-DTSTAMP:20121015T113451Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR