Events & Public Meetings
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May 4, 2024 | Sat | 4:00 PM | Alexandria-Caen Sister City Comm Spring Jazz Fête Join the Alexandria-Caen Sister City Committee in the Lloyd House Garden for a spectacular afternoon celebrating the rich cultural exchange between France & America through the universal language of jazz! Dance to a live Jazz Band and immerse yourself in the world of jazz with Smithsonian lecturer Paul Glenshaw. |
May 5, 2024 | Sun | 10:30 AM | Specialty Tour: Peeling Back the Layers Explore the 18th century buildings, including spaces rarely opened to the public. From graffiti in the attic to clues in the basement about the building’s construction date, learn to “read” a building and its changes through time. |
May 7, 2024 | Tue | 10:00 AM | HARC Advocacy Meeting In-person meeting |
May 7, 2024 | Tue | 5:00 PM | ACRP Steering Committee In-person meeting at the Alexandria Black History Museum. |
May 7, 2024 | Tue | 7:00 PM | Lecture/Concert: Music from Lafayette's Lifetime Lafayette, La Musique de la Garde Nationale Parisienne. In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette’s 1824-25 tour of the United States, enjoy a lecture/concert of music from Lafayette’s lifetime performed on early 19th-century instruments. |
May 8, 2024 | Wed | 8:15 AM | Historic Restoration and Preservation Com Meeting In-person Meeting |
May 11, 2024 | Sat | 10:00 AM | Story Time for Little Historians This FREE, fun, and educational story time is geared to children ages 5-8 years old and features stories related to Black History. The program uses books written by and about African American people and other communities of color to educate and inspire our youngest visitors. |
May 12, 2024 | Sun | 10:30 AM | Specialty Tour: Peeling Back the Layers Explore the 18th century buildings, including spaces rarely opened to the public. From graffiti in the attic to clues in the basement about the building’s construction date, learn to “read” a building and its changes through time. |
May 13, 2024 | Mon | 7:00 PM | Alexandria-Caen Sister City Committee In-person meeting |
May 15, 2024 | Wed | 7:00 PM | Alexandria Archaeological Commission Meeting In-person Meeting |
May 18, 2024 | Sat | 9:00 AM | Antique Fire Apparatus Muster Join us Saturday, May 18 in front of Friendship Firehouse Museum at 107 South Alfred Street for a muster of antique, hand-drawn firefighting apparatus. Participating vehicles will include 19th-century suction fire engines and hose reel carriages. |
May 19, 2024 | Sun | 10:30 AM | Specialty Tour: Peeling Back the Layers Explore the 18th century buildings, including spaces rarely opened to the public. From graffiti in the attic to clues in the basement about the building’s construction date, learn to “read” a building and its changes through time. |
May 21, 2024 | Tue | 7:00 PM | Historic Alexandria Resources Commission (HARC) In-person meeting |
May 21, 2024 | Tue | 7:00 PM | Lecture: Remember the First Ladies Please join us for a moderated program featuring Diana Carlin, Anita McBride, and Nancy Kegan Smith, co-authors of a new book, "Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America's History-Making Women." |
May 26, 2024 | Sun | 10:30 AM | Specialty Tour: Peeling Back the Layers Explore the 18th century buildings, including spaces rarely opened to the public. From graffiti in the attic to clues in the basement about the building’s construction date, learn to “read” a building and its changes through time. |
Jun 4, 2024 | Tue | 10:00 AM | HARC Advocacy Meeting In-person meeting |
Jun 4, 2024 | Tue | 5:00 PM | ACRP Remembrance Steering Committee In-person meeting at Alexandria Black History Museum |
Jun 12, 2024 | Wed | 7:00 PM | Alexandria Archaeological Commission Meeting In-person Meeting at 1421 Wilkes St. |
Jun 14, 2024 | Fri | 7:00 PM | Lecture: Slave Trading in the Civil War South From Fort Sumter to Appomattox, Confederates bought and sold thousands of men, women, and children through a surviving trade in slaves. Even though the war destroyed the cotton economy that had long underpinned American slavery and fueled the slave trade, Confederates used slave commerce to shape their experiences of the war. |
Jun 15, 2024 | Sat | 7:00 PM | Tavern Game Night Taverns in the 18th and 19th century often operated to serve specific demographics and clientele, similarly to the way queer bars and other third-spaces operate today. Enjoy games that bridge the 18th and 21st centuries while learning about the local history of queer bars and clubs. |
Jun 18, 2024 | Tue | 7:00 PM | Historic Alexandria Resources Commission (HARC) In-person meeting |
Jun 28, 2024 | Fri | 6:30 PM | Specialty Tour, Hamilton’s BFFs & Frenemies Inspired by the musical Hamilton, learn how the paths of Washington, Lafayette, Jefferson, Madison, and Burr all intersected with this local tavern. Includes discussion of the issues they faced and how their choices impacted local citizens. |
Jul 2, 2024 | Tue | 10:00 AM | HARC Advocacy Meeting In-person meeting |
Jul 5, 2024 | Fri | 6:30 PM | Specialty Tour, Hamilton’s BFFs & Frenemies Inspired by the musical Hamilton, learn how the paths of Washington, Lafayette, Jefferson, Madison, and Burr all intersected with this local tavern. Includes discussion of the issues they faced and how their choices impacted local citizens. |
Jul 12, 2024 | Fri | 6:30 PM | Specialty Tour, Hamilton’s BFFs & Frenemies Inspired by the musical Hamilton, learn how the paths of Washington, Lafayette, Jefferson, Madison, and Burr all intersected with this local tavern. Includes discussion of the issues they faced and how their choices impacted local citizens. |
Jul 17, 2024 | Wed | 7:00 PM | Alexandria Archaeological Commission Meeting In-person Meeting |
Sep 18, 2024 | Wed | 7:00 PM | Alexandria Archaeological Commission Meeting In-person Meeting |
Oct 16, 2024 | Wed | 7:00 PM | Alexandria Archaeological Commission Meeting In-person Meeting |
Nov 20, 2024 | Wed | 7:00 PM | Alexandria Archaeological Commission Meeting In-person Meeting |
Dec 18, 2024 | Wed | 7:00 PM | Alexandria Archaeological Commission Meeting In-person Meeting |