BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DESCRIPTION:Join the City of Alexandria for the grand opening of the Freed om House Museum at 1315 Duke Street on Monday\, June 20 at 6 p.m.at the S hiloh Baptist Worship Center (1401 Jamieson Avenue). METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN SUMMARY:Freedom House Museum Grand Opening on Jun 20\, 2022 VERSION:2.0 X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:Freedom House Museum Grand Opening on Jun 20\, 2022 X-WR-CALNAME:Freedom House Museum Grand Opening on Jun 20\, 2022 X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Black History CATEGORIES:Black History Museum CATEGORIES:City Council CATEGORIES:City Council Calendar CATEGORIES:Community Outreach CATEGORIES:Equity CATEGORIES:Family CATEGORIES:Historic Preservation CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Tourism DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend arTest/Detail.aspx?si=44498\n\nJoin the City of Alexandria for the grand opening of the Freedom House Museum at 1315 Duke Street on Monday\, June 20 at 6 p.m.at the Shiloh Baptist Worship Center (1401 Jamieson Avenue). As part of the City's Juneteenth events\, the grand opening marks the not able story and transition for this National Historic Landmark in Alexandr ia on the national stage. All are welcome.\nVirginia State Delegate Delor es McQuinn (70th District - Richmond)\, a critical leader for the Commonw ealth's African American initiatives\, will provide the keynote address. Additionally\, the program will feature remarks by Mayor Justin Wilson\, Alexandria Black History Museum Director Audrey Davis\, Former Alexandria City Manager Mark Jinks\, Northern Virginia Urban League Board Chair Let ty Maxwell\, and City Poet Laureate Zeina Azzam. The Museum will have ext ended hours on June 20\, open from 1 - 5:30 p.m.\n\nTo the end the event\ , a powerful recitation of the earliest list of men\, women\, and childre n trafficked from Alexandria to New Orleans associated with 1315 Duke Str eet in 1828 will be lifted up. \nThe Freedom House Museum will also have extended hours on June 20\, open from 1-5:30 p.m. The museum is regularly open to the public Thursday and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.\, Saturda ys from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.\, and Sundays and Mondays from 1 to 5 p.m. Admi ssion is $5 per adult\, $3 per child ages 5-12\, and free for City of Ale xandria residents. Due to high demand and limited capacity\, it is highly recommended that guests reserve tickets in advance online. \n\n\nLocatio n: See Details\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, City Council\, City Council Calendar\, Community Outreac h\, Equity\, Family\, Historic Preservation\, Museums\, Tourism\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest /iCal.aspx?id=1&si=44498 DTEND:20220620T233000Z DTSTAMP:20220618T162432Z DTSTART:20220620T220000Z LOCATION:See Details SEQUENCE:7 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Freedom House Museum Grand Opening TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:114bcdd6-5f91-4d61-a99c-cd2f751491d8 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see https://apps.alexa ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=44498
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Join the C ity of Alexandria for the grand opening of the Freedom House Museum at 13 15 Duke Street on Monday\, June 20 at 6 p.m.at the Shiloh Baptist Worship Center (1401 Jamieson Avenue). As part of the City?s Juneteenth events\, the grand opening marks the notable story and transition for this Nation al Historic Landmark in Alexandria on the national stage. All are welcome .\n
Virginia State Delegate Delores McQuinn (70th District - Richmon d)\, a critical leader for the Commonwealth?s African American initiative s\, will provide the keynote address. Additionally\, the program will fea ture remarks by Mayor Justin Wilson\, Alexandria Black History Museum Dir ector Audrey Davis\, Former Alexandria City Manager Mark Jinks\, Northern Virginia Urban League Board Chair Letty Maxwell\, and City Poet Laureate Zeina Azzam. The Museum will have extended hours on June 20\, open from 1 ? 5:30 p.m.\n
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To the end the event\, a powerful recitation of the earliest list of men\, women\, and children trafficked from Alexa ndria to New Orleans associated with 1315 Duke Street in 1828 will be lif ted up. \n
The Freedom House Museum will also have extended hours on June 20\, open from 1-5:30 p.m. The museum is regularly open to the publ ic Thursday and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.\, Saturdays from 11 a.m. t o 5 p.m.\, and Sundays and Mondays from 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is $5 per a dult\, $3 per child ages 5?12\, and free for City of Alexandria residents . Due to high demand and limited capacity\, it is highly recommended that guests reserve tickets in advance online. \n
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Locati on: See Details\n
Audience: Anyone may attend\n
Tags: Black His tory\, Black History Museum\, City Council\, City Council Calendar\, Comm unity Outreach\, Equity\, Family\, Historic Preservation\, Museums\, Tour ism\n
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