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CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:Imported on Jul 24\, 2026\, 34 days before the event.\nTo veri
 fy info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=
 63321\n\nAn Evening in Remembrance of Benjamin Thomas\nCivil Rights in Un
 certain Times\nA Conversation with NAACP's Myesha Braden\nMusic by C. Edd
 ye Miller\nFri. Aug. 28\nShiloh Baptist Church\, 1401 Jaimeson Ave.\nDoor
 s open 6:30 p.m.\nProgram 7-8 p.m.\n \nWho's history? Our history. Who's 
 rights? Our rights. When factual history is buried\, people are polarized
 \, hate groups menace commuters on the metro\, all aspects of life become
  uncertain\, even constitutional rights. The Alexandria Community Remembr
 ance Project invites the public to Shiloh Baptist Church for an Evening i
 n Remembrance of Benjamin Thomas featuring a conversation with NAACP's My
 esha Braden. An attorney with the NAACP\, Braden\, is involved in fightin
 g state and national attacks on voting rights. \n \nThe hour long event i
 s being held on the same day in 1899 that more than 600 people gathered a
 t the historic Shiloh Baptist Church on Duke Street to memorialize Thomas
  and protest his and all lynchings. The program will also feature music b
 y C. Eddye Miller and Mayor Gaskins will give remarks. The annual event t
 hat is free and open to the public.  \n \nThat same night\, tours of the 
 historic sanctuary where the Mass Meeting & Memorial for Thomas was held 
 in 1899 will be available from 5:30-6:30 at 1400 Duke Street. The Freedom
  House\, a museum that shares the story of Alexandria's role in the domes
 tic slave trade at 1315 Duke Street\, will also be open for tours until 6
 :30 p.m.\n\n\nLocation: Shiloh Baptist Church\nAudience: Anyone may atten
 d\nTags: Black History\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n
 \nWeb resources:\n\nAlexandria Community Remembrance Project\nhttps://www
 .alexandriava.gov/cultural-history/alexandria-community-remembrance-proje
 ct\n
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LOCATION:Shiloh Baptist Church
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SUMMARY:ACRP Benjamin Thomas Remembrance Event
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URL:https://www.alexandriava.gov/cultural-history/alexandria-community-rem
 embrance-project
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Imported on Jul 24\, 2026\, 34 days before th
 e event.<br />To verify info please see <a href="https://apps.alexandriav
 a.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=63321">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 ar/Detail.aspx?si=63321</a><br />\n<br />An Evening in Remembrance of Ben
 jamin Thomas\n<br />Civil Rights in Uncertain Times\n<br />A Conversation
  with NAACP?s Myesha Braden\n<br />Music by C. Eddye Miller\n<br />Fri. A
 ug. 28\n<br />Shiloh Baptist Church\, 1401 Jaimeson Ave.\n<br />Doors ope
 n 6:30 p.m.\n<br />Program 7-8 p.m.\n<br /> \n<br />Who?s history? Our hi
 story. Who?s rights? Our rights. When factual history is buried\, people 
 are polarized\, hate groups menace commuters on the metro\, all aspects o
 f life become uncertain\, even constitutional rights. The Alexandria Comm
 unity Remembrance Project invites the public to Shiloh Baptist Church for
  an Evening in Remembrance of Benjamin Thomas featuring a conversation wi
 th NAACP?s Myesha Braden. An attorney with the NAACP\, Braden\, is involv
 ed in fighting state and national attacks on voting rights. \n<br /> \n<b
 r />The hour long event is being held on the same day in 1899 that more t
 han 600 people gathered at the historic Shiloh Baptist Church on Duke Str
 eet to memorialize Thomas and protest his and all lynchings. The program 
 will also feature music by C. Eddye Miller and Mayor Gaskins will give re
 marks. The annual event that is free and open to the public.  \n<br /> \n
 <br />That same night\, tours of the historic sanctuary where the Mass Me
 eting &amp\; Memorial for Thomas was held in 1899 will be available from 
 5:30-6:30 at 1400 Duke Street. The Freedom House\, a museum that shares t
 he story of Alexandria?s role in the domestic slave trade at 1315 Duke St
 reet\, will also be open for tours until 6:30 p.m.\n<br />\n<br />\n<br /
 >Location: Shiloh Baptist Church\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br 
 />Tags: Black History\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old To
 wn<br>\n<a href="https://www.alexandriava.gov/cultural-history/alexandria
 -community-remembrance-project">Alexandria Community Remembrance Project<
 /a><br>\n
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