BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DESCRIPTION:The Alexandria Community Remembrance Project (ACRP) invites th e public to join us in a somber soil collection ceremony to recognize the lives and lynchings of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas. METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN SUMMARY:ACRP Soil Collection for McCoy & Thomas on Sep 24\, 2022 VERSION:2.0 X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:ACRP Soil Collection for McCoy & Thomas on Sep 24\, 2022 X-WR-CALNAME:ACRP Soil Collection for McCoy & Thomas on Sep 24\, 2022 X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Black History CATEGORIES:Black History Museum CATEGORIES:City Council CATEGORIES:City Council Calendar CATEGORIES:Museums DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend ar/Detail.aspx?si=44351\n\nThe Alexandria Community Remembrance Project ( ACRP) invites the public to join us in a somber soil collection ceremony to recognize the lives and lynchings of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas. The Soil Collection ceremony honors the lives and deaths of McCoy and Th omas and features placing soil into jars that will be given to the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI). Community members will be welcome to take part in the soil ceremony\, drawing soil from two wooden vessels designed and built by 8th grade students at Jefferson-Houston IB School. The soil jars will be taken by the community to Montgomery\, Alabama and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice as part of the ACRP pilgrimage October 6-1 0\, 2022. \n\nLocation: Market Square\, 301 King St.\nAudience: Anyone ma y attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, City Council\, Cit y Council Calendar\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: htt p://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=44351 DTEND:20220924T220000Z DTSTAMP:20220906T191056Z DTSTART:20220924T200000Z GEO:38.804935;-77.042978 LOCATION:Market Square\, 301 King St. SEQUENCE:8 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:ACRP Soil Collection for McCoy & Thomas TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:e9c992f7-f0f4-481b-b311-d53348e07da3 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandri ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=44351
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The Alexandria Com munity Remembrance Project (ACRP) invites the public to join us in a somb er soil collection ceremony to recognize the lives and lynchings of Josep h McCoy and Benjamin Thomas. The Soil Collection ceremony honors the live s and deaths of McCoy and Thomas and features placing soil into jars that will be given to the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI). Community members w ill be welcome to take part in the soil ceremony\, drawing soil from two wooden vessels designed and built by 8th grade students at Jefferson-Hous ton IB School. The soil jars will be taken by the community to Montgomery \, Alabama and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice as part of the ACRP pilgrimage October 6-10\, 2022. \n
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Location: Market Sq uare\, 301 King St.\n
Audience: Anyone may attend\n
Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, City Council\, City Council Calendar\, Museums\n
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