BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DESCRIPTION:The Social Responsibility Group and the Friends of Douglass Ce metery have dedicated their efforts to raise awareness of the significanc e of the historic African American cemetery and resolve the preservation issues. METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN SUMMARY:Douglass Cemetery Drainage and Preservation Update on Dec 5\, 2023 VERSION:2.0 X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:Douglass Cemetery Drainage and Preservation Update on Dec 5\, 2023 X-WR-CALNAME:Douglass Cemetery Drainage and Preservation Update on Dec 5\, 2023 X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Black History CATEGORIES:Black History Museum CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Parks DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend ar/Detail.aspx?si=56828\n\nFree\nDouglass Cemetery\, located at 1421 Wilk es Street\, has several preservation issues\, including flooding and drai nage problems. \nThe City of Alexandria staff from the Office of Historic Alexandria\, Department of Project Implementation\, Transportation and E nvironmental Services\, and Recreation\, Parks & Cultural Activities are working to address these preservation issues. The Social Responsibility G roup and the Friends of Douglass Cemetery have dedicated their efforts to raise awareness of the significance of the historic African American cem etery and resolve the preservation issues. The City has developed plans t o implement solutions that are respectful and appropriate to the sensitiv e nature of the site. City Staff will present an update on the plans to a ddress the causes of flooding and the anticipated timeline for the work.\ n\n\nLocation: Nannie J. Lee Recreation Center\, 1108 Jefferson St.\nCont act Email: historicalexandria@alexandriava.gov\nAudience: Anyone may atte nd\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\, Parks\n\nImpor t this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iC al.aspx?id=1&si=56828 DTEND:20231206T000001Z DTSTAMP:20231129T162351Z DTSTART:20231205T230000Z GEO:38.796407;-77.054318 LOCATION:Nannie J. Lee Recreation Center\, 1108 Jefferson St. SEQUENCE:4 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Douglass Cemetery Drainage and Preservation Update TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:a84e00d2-eeb8-4d5f-adf6-1c3c7c40f146 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandri ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=56828
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Dougla ss Cemetery\, located at 1421 Wilkes Street\, has several preservation is sues\, including flooding and drainage problems. \n
The City of Alex andria staff from the Office of Historic Alexandria\, Department of Proje ct Implementation\, Transportation and Environmental Services\, and Recre ation\, Parks &\; Cultural Activities are working to address these pre servation issues. The Social Responsibility Group and the Friends of Doug lass Cemetery have dedicated their efforts to raise awareness of the sign ificance of the historic African American cemetery and resolve the preser vation issues. The City has developed plans to implement solutions that a re respectful and appropriate to the sensitive nature of the site. City S taff will present an update on the plans to address the causes of floodin g and the anticipated timeline for the work.\n
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Locat ion: Nannie J. Lee Recreation Center\, 1108 Jefferson St.\n
Contact Email: historicalexandria@alexandriava.gov\n
Audience: Anyone may at tend\n
Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\, Parks\ n
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