BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DESCRIPTION:Events & Public Meetings METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//alexandriava.gov//Web Calendar 1.0//EN SUMMARY:Events & Public Meetings X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:Events & Public Meetings X-WR-CALNAME:Events & Public Meetings X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Fort Ward Museum,Fort Ward Park,Living History,Museums DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not c hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=44417\n\nLearn about soldier an d civilian life during the Civil War\, and enjoy a regimental band concert \, at Fort Ward Museum's annual Civil War Camp Day on Saturday\, June 18\, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested donation is $2 per person\, and $5 for families. The event is weather dependent.\n\nThe annual living history ev ent features military and civilian reenactors in camp settings in and arou nd the historic fort. The program includes camp life activities\, infantr y and artillery drills and firing demonstrations\, equipment displays\, an d civilian impressions. Among the living history units participating are the 28th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry\, Co. B\, and reenactors from Th ompson's Battery\, Pennsylvania Volunteer Light Artillery. Special interp retations include a U.S. Army Quartermaster tent\, a Union company surgeon \, a Northern schoolmarm who interprets 19th-century education and pastime s for children\, a display of Civil War camp dioramas\, and a soldier in t he reconstructed Officers' Hut portraying the daily routine and living qua rters of an officer in the Defenses of Washington. At 3 p.m.\, the 8th Gr een Machine Regiment Band will perform a concert of Civil War music on the Museum lawn. This historical brass ensemble\, sponsored by George Mason University\, presents music of the 19th century on authentic period instru ments.\n\n\nLocation: Fort Ward Museum\, 4301 W. Braddock Rd.\nFees: Sugge sted donation is $2 per person\, and $5 for families. \nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Fort Ward Museum\, Fort Ward Park\, Living History\, Mus eums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov /Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=44417 DTEND:20220618T200000Z DTSTAMP:20220527T134902Z DTSTART:20220618T140000Z GEO:38.829553;-77.101740 LOCATION:Fort Ward Museum\, 4301 W. Braddock Rd. SEQUENCE:4 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Civil War Camp Day at Fort Ward TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:9ca5ba22-77a5-423b-9634-a83fa41dd222 X-COA-DTSTAMP:20220527T134902Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Black History,Black History Museum,Community Event,Community Out reach,Concerts,Equity,Family,Holiday Event,Living History,Museums,Official City Holiday,Old & Historic Alexandria,Old Town DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not c hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=44526\n\nJoin Jubilee Voices an d the Office of Historic Alexandria for a concert in celebration of Junete enth\, a national holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United S tates. Jubilee Voices will perform a lively\, interactive performance feat uring traditional African American music\, dance and spoken word that trac es the history of African Americans from enslavement to freedom. Celebrate Juneteenth and join the journey! \n\n\nLocation: Market Square\, 301 King St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Mus eum\, Community Event\, Community Outreach\, Concerts\, Equity\, Family\, Holiday Event\, Living History\, Museums\, Official City Holiday\, Old & H istoric Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nImport this event into your calendar: htt p://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=44526 DTEND:20220619T200000Z DTSTAMP:20220618T162611Z DTSTART:20220619T190000Z GEO:38.804935;-77.042978 LOCATION:Market Square\, 301 King St. SEQUENCE:6 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Jubilee Voices - "Juneteenth: Singing the Journey" TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:cf502090-d73b-4e0e-b92d-a50f706a288a X-COA-DTSTAMP:20220618T162611Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Community Meeting,Community Outreach,Equity,Lecture,LGBTQ+,Livin g History,Lyceum,Museums DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not c hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=44485\n\nLisa Crooms-Robinson\, Professor of Law at the Howard University School of Law\, lectures on the 1954 MacDowell Colony fellows\, including Pauli Murray and James Baldwin as the Colony's first two Black artists. Murray was at MacDowell to finish her family autobiography\, "Proud Shoes." Baldwin was there to complete " Giovanni's Room." Her lecture uses the photo above\, the two books\, and a dditional writings from both to imagine a conversation between Murray and Baldwin about the May 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision and larger issues of equality\, identity\, and citizenship. Professor Crooms-Robinso n teaches Constitutional Law\, Gender and the Law\, International Human Ri ghts Law\, Supreme Court Jurisprudence\, and a course\, "Equality Accordin g to Pauli." She is an internationally recognized scholar of race\, gender \, and human rights.\n\n\nLocation: Lyceum\nFees: $10\nAudience: Anyone ma y attend\nTags: Community Meeting\, Community Outreach\, Equity\, Lecture\ , LGBTQ+\, Living History\, Lyceum\, Museums\n\nImport this event into you r calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=44485\ n\nWeb resources:\n\nBuy tickets here\nhttps://alexandriava.gov/shop\n DTEND:20220701T003000Z DTSTAMP:20220618T162816Z DTSTART:20220630T230000Z LOCATION:Lyceum SEQUENCE:5 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Pride Month Lecture-One Night in Peterborough TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:f945b537-d10c-4c18-a6c7-4b2f7be94b39 URL:https://alexandriava.gov/shop X-COA-DTSTAMP:20220618T162816Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR