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BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
CATEGORIES:Old Town North
DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not 
 changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://a
 pps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57467\n\nStory Time for 
 Little Historians\nAlexandria Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe Street\n\n
 Saturday\, May 11\n10-10:45 a.m.\nFree event\, no registration required. 
 \n\nCall 703-746-4356 for more information.\n \nThis FREE\, fun\, and edu
 cational 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 a
 nd inspire our youngest visitors. Along with the book reading\, Museum St
 aff provides historical context and local community connections. Story ti
 me will be held in the Museum's Parker-Gray Gallery. \n\n\nLocation: Blac
 k History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Blac
 k History\, Black History Museum\, Family\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alex
 andria\, Old Town\, Old Town North\n\nImport this event into your calenda
 r: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57467
DTEND:20240511T144500Z
DTSTAMP:20240502T165718Z
DTSTART:20240511T140000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Story Time for Little Historians
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:d1a60d6a-4d51-4bf9-a981-13ad78bf5fde
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To make sure the time\, location\, and other 
 aspects have not changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, ple
 ase see <a href="https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?s
 i=57467">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57467<
 /a><br />\n<br />Story Time for Little Historians\n<br />Alexandria Black
  History Museum\, 902 Wythe Street\n<br />\n<br />Saturday\, May 11\n<br 
 />10-10:45 a.m.\n<br />Free event\, no registration required. \n<br />\n<
 br />Call 703-746-4356 for more information.\n<br /> \n<br />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 wr
 itten by and about African American people and other communities of color
  to educate and inspire our youngest visitors. Along with the book readin
 g\, Museum Staff provides historical context and local community connecti
 ons. Story time will be held in the Museum?s Parker-Gray Gallery. \n<br /
 >\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Au
 dience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Muse
 um\, Family\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\, Old T
 own North\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://app
 s.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57467
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not 
 changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://a
 pps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57500\n\nAn in-person me
 eting of the Alexandria Community Remembrance Project Steering Committee.
 \n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone may 
 attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\n\nImport th
 is event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iC
 al.aspx?id=1&si=57500\n\nWeb resources:\n\nMeeting Agenda\nhttps://media.
 alexandriava.gov/content/oha/ACRPSteeringAgenda20240604.pdf\n
DTEND:20240604T220000Z
DTSTAMP:20240508T185203Z
DTSTART:20240604T210000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:7
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:ACRP Steering Committee Meeting
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:ab7c98dc-90e6-45e2-ac20-8ece16c83eaa
URL:https://media.alexandriava.gov/content/oha/ACRPSteeringAgenda20240604.
 pdf
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To make sure the time\, location\, and other 
 aspects have not changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, ple
 ase see <a href="https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?s
 i=57500">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57500<
 /a><br />\n<br />An in-person meeting of the Alexandria Community Remembr
 ance Project Steering Committee.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History M
 useum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Bla
 ck History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this ev
 ent into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.as
 px?id=1&amp\;si=57500<br>\n<a href="https://media.alexandriava.gov/conten
 t/oha/ACRPSteeringAgenda20240604.pdf">Meeting Agenda</a><br>\n
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240508T185203Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not 
 changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://a
 pps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57557\n\nThis FREE\, fun
 \, and educational story time is geared to children ages 5-8 years old an
 d features stories related to Black History. The program uses books writt
 en by and about African American people and other communities of color to
  educate and inspire our youngest visitors. Along with the book reading\,
  Museum Staff provides historical context and local community connections
 . Story time will be held in the Museum's Parker-Gray Gallery. Call 703-7
 46-4356 for more information.\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wyt
 he St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History 
 Museum\, Family\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http:/
 /apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57557
DTEND:20240608T144500Z
DTSTAMP:20240523T155302Z
DTSTART:20240608T140000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Story Time for Little Historians
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:1577c7bb-5409-4d93-b33b-45eea9b441f2
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To make sure the time\, location\, and other 
 aspects have not changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, ple
 ase see <a href="https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?s
 i=57557">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57557<
 /a><br />\n<br />This FREE\, fun\, and educational story time is geared t
 o children ages 5-8 years old and features stories related to Black Histo
 ry. The program uses books written by and about African American people a
 nd other communities of color to educate and inspire our youngest visitor
 s. Along with the book reading\, Museum Staff provides historical context
  and local community connections. Story time will be held in the Museum?s
  Parker-Gray Gallery. Call 703-746-4356 for more information.\n<br />\n<b
 r />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyon
 e may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Family\,
  Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps
 .alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57557
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240523T155302Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Boards & Commissions
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not 
 changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://a
 pps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57697\n\nA meeting of th
 e Benjamin Thomas Remembrance Planning Committee \n\nLocation: Black Hist
 ory Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black Hist
 ory\, Black History Museum\, Boards & Commissions\, Museums\, Old Town\n\
 nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calen
 darTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57697\n\nWeb resources:\n\nMeeting agenda\nhttp
 s://www.alexandriava.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/ACRPAgendaPlanningJu
 ly9.pdf\n
DTEND:20240709T203000Z
DTSTAMP:20240709T194052Z
DTSTART:20240709T193000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:11
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Benjamin Thomas Remembrance Planning Committee
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:5f8092ab-b0a9-4d1a-ab57-d5efb5aa3ee6
URL:https://www.alexandriava.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/ACRPAgendaPla
 nningJuly9.pdf
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To make sure the time\, location\, and other 
 aspects have not changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, ple
 ase see <a href="https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?s
 i=57697">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57697<
 /a><br />\n<br />A meeting of the Benjamin Thomas Remembrance Planning Co
 mmittee \n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<
 br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black Histo
 ry Museum\, Boards &amp\; Commissions\, Museums\, Old Town\n<br />\n<br /
 >Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calen
 darTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57697<br>\n<a href="https://www.alexandria
 va.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/ACRPAgendaPlanningJuly9.pdf">Meeting a
 genda</a><br>\n
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240709T194052Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not 
 changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://a
 pps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57653\n\nThis story time
  features books written by and about African American people and other co
 mmunities of color to educate and inspire our youngest visitors. Along wi
 th the book reading\, the story tellers provide historical context and lo
 cal community connections. Story time is geared to children ages 5-8 year
 s old.\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyon
 e may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Family\, Museu
 ms\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/
 CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57653
DTEND:20240713T144500Z
DTSTAMP:20240622T015225Z
DTSTART:20240713T140000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Story Time for Little Historians
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:8c9ae010-5a15-4073-8b60-84143667e562
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To make sure the time\, location\, and other 
 aspects have not changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, ple
 ase see <a href="https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?s
 i=57653">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57653<
 /a><br />\n<br />This story time features books written by and about Afri
 can American people and other communities of color to educate and inspire
  our youngest visitors. Along with the book reading\, the story tellers p
 rovide historical context and local community connections. Story time is 
 geared to children ages 5-8 years old.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black His
 tory Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tag
 s: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Family\, Museums\n<br />\n<br /
 >Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calen
 darTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57653
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240622T015225Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not 
 changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://a
 pps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57705\n\nA meeting of th
 e Benjamin Thomas Remembrance Planning Committee. \n\nLocation: Black His
 tory Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black His
 tory\, Black History Museum\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\n\nImpo
 rt this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTe
 st/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57705
DTEND:20240730T203000Z
DTSTAMP:20240710T162636Z
DTSTART:20240730T193000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Benjamin Thomas Remembrance Planning Committee
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:ec265d36-d0b5-4706-a5a1-5a72e56124b9
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To make sure the time\, location\, and other 
 aspects have not changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, ple
 ase see <a href="https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?s
 i=57705">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57705<
 /a><br />\n<br />A meeting of the Benjamin Thomas Remembrance Planning Co
 mmittee. \n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n
 <br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black Hist
 ory Museum\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\n<br />\n<br />Impo
 rt this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTe
 st/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57705
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240710T162636Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not 
 changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://a
 pps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57704\n\nA meeting of th
 e Alexandria Community Remembrance Project (ACRP) Steering Committee. \n\
 nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone may att
 end\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\, Old & Histori
 c Alexandria\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexand
 riava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57704
DTEND:20240806T220000Z
DTSTAMP:20240710T162119Z
DTSTART:20240806T210000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:ACRP Steering Committee Meeting
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:bf785891-ff1a-45bd-a33a-9e5605653ab7
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To make sure the time\, location\, and other 
 aspects have not changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, ple
 ase see <a href="https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?s
 i=57704">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57704<
 /a><br />\n<br />A meeting of the Alexandria Community Remembrance Projec
 t (ACRP) Steering Committee. \n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Muse
 um\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black 
 History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria
 \n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexand
 riava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57704
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240710T162119Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:ALL Alexandria
CATEGORIES:ALX275
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:City Council
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not 
 changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://a
 pps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57703\n\nThe Alexandria 
 Community Remembrance Project is holding its annual event in memory of Be
 njamin Thomas\, a Black Alexandria teen lynched 125 years ago.\n\nTo ackn
 owledge this aspect of our history as we work toward creating a more incl
 usive community\, the Alexandria Community Remembrance Project has invite
 d Rachel Laser to speak about attempts to stifle the teaching of our shar
 ed history\, book bans and disinformation that stokes fear about race in 
 our public schools. She will be presenting "Why the 'Parental Rights' Mov
 ement Is Anti-Civil Rights."\n\nPlease join us for an hour-long program o
 f music\, memory and learning.\n\nEvent will be at Shiloh Baptist Worship
  Center at 1401 Jamieson Avenue (across the street from the historic Shil
 oh church building). Doors open at 6:15 p.m. and program begins at 6:30 p
 .m.\n\nThis is a secular program being held in a worship center due to it
 s historical connection and importance to the story of Benjamin Thomas\, 
 who was lynched in Alexandria on August 8\, 1899.\n\nLocation:  No Locati
 on Specified\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: ALL Alexandria\, ALX275\
 , Black History\, Black History Museum\, City Council\, Museums\n\nImport
  this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest
 /iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57703
DTEND:20240808T233000Z
DTSTAMP:20240725T143743Z
DTSTART:20240808T223000Z
SEQUENCE:11
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Benjamin Thomas Remembrance Program
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:6afa2a69-b5fd-4f9d-b878-9c27d6a294cc
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To make sure the time\, location\, and other 
 aspects have not changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, ple
 ase see <a href="https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?s
 i=57703">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57703<
 /a><br />\n<br />The Alexandria Community Remembrance Project is holding 
 its annual event in memory of Benjamin Thomas\, a Black Alexandria teen l
 ynched 125 years ago.\n<br />\n<br />To acknowledge this aspect of our hi
 story as we work toward creating a more inclusive community\, the Alexand
 ria Community Remembrance Project has invited Rachel Laser to speak about
  attempts to stifle the teaching of our shared history\, book bans and di
 sinformation that stokes fear about race in our public schools. She will 
 be presenting ?Why the ?Parental Rights? Movement Is Anti-Civil Rights.?\
 n<br />\n<br />Please join us for an hour-long program of music\, memory 
 and learning.\n<br />\n<br />Event will be at Shiloh Baptist Worship Cent
 er at 1401 Jamieson Avenue (across the street from the historic Shiloh ch
 urch building). Doors open at 6:15 p.m. and program begins at 6:30 p.m.\n
 <br />\n<br />This is a secular program being held in a worship center du
 e to its historical connection and importance to the story of Benjamin Th
 omas\, who was lynched in Alexandria on August 8\, 1899.\n<br />\n<br />L
 ocation:  No Location Specified\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br /
 >Tags: ALL Alexandria\, ALX275\, Black History\, Black History Museum\, C
 ity Council\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar
 : http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57703
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240725T143743Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not 
 changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://a
 pps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57771\n\nStory Time for 
 Little Historians\n\nDynamic storytellers use books written by and about 
 African American people and other communities of color to engage with age
 s 5-8.\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyon
 e may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Family\, Museu
 ms\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/
 CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57771
DTEND:20240810T144500Z
DTSTAMP:20240808T224425Z
DTSTART:20240810T140000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Story Time for Little Historians
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:f6d92d8f-21a1-41ca-bb59-d6b6145cc926
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To make sure the time\, location\, and other 
 aspects have not changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, ple
 ase see <a href="https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?s
 i=57771">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57771<
 /a><br />\n<br />Story Time for Little Historians\n<br />\n<br />Dynamic 
 storytellers use books written by and about African American people and o
 ther communities of color to engage with ages 5-8.\n<br />\n<br />Locatio
 n: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may atten
 d\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Family\, Museums\n<
 br />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandria
 va.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57771
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240808T224425Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not 
 changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://a
 pps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57757\n\nCandlelight vig
 il and wreath laying at Freedmen's Cemetery. Shuttle service from Lee Cen
 ter starting at 7:30pm. Free\n\nTo purchase tickets for the Bus Tour of P
 re-Civil Era Historic African American Churches and Sites of Alexandria (
 September 6)\, 10th Anniversary Luncheon (September 7)\, or the Bus Tour 
 to Arlington House (September 7)\, visit shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.asp
 x  \n\n\n\nLocation: Freedmen Cemetery Memorial\, 700 Church St. Alexandr
 ia\, VA 22314\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black H
 istory Museum\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://a
 pps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57757\n\nWeb resource
 s:\n\nLearn more about the vigil\, and ticketed programs and events on Se
 pt. 6-7.\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/FreedmenMemorial\n
DTEND:20240908T010000Z
DTSTAMP:20240823T065719Z
DTSTART:20240908T000001Z
GEO:38.794727;-77.049629
LOCATION:Freedmen Cemetery Memorial\, 700 Church St. Alexandria\, VA 22314
SEQUENCE:7
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Freedmen's Cemetery Anniversary Vigil
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:b32158cf-1a9a-4f34-afb7-6623c4c97eaf
URL:https://www.alexandriava.gov/FreedmenMemorial
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To make sure the time\, location\, and other 
 aspects have not changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, ple
 ase see <a href="https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?s
 i=57757">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57757<
 /a><br />\n<br />Candlelight vigil and wreath laying at Freedmen?s Cemete
 ry. Shuttle service from Lee Center starting at 7:30pm. Free\n<br />\n<br
  />To purchase tickets for the Bus Tour of Pre-Civil Era Historic African
  American Churches and Sites of Alexandria (September 6)\, 10th Anniversa
 ry Luncheon (September 7)\, or the Bus Tour to Arlington House (September
  7)\, visit shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx  \n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n
 <br />Location: Freedmen Cemetery Memorial\, 700 Church St. Alexandria\, 
 VA 22314\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, 
 Black History Museum\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your
  calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;
 si=57757<br>\n<a href="https://www.alexandriava.gov/FreedmenMemorial">Lea
 rn more about the vigil\, and ticketed programs and events on Sept. 6-7.<
 /a><br>\n
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CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Boards & Commissions
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not 
 changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://a
 pps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57831\n\nA meeting of th
 e Alexandria Community Remembrance Project (ACRP) Steering Committee. \n\
 nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone may att
 end\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Boards & Commissions\, 
 Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava
 .gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57831\n\nWeb resources:\n\nMeeting ag
 enda\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/sites/default/files/2024-08/acrpsteeri
 ngagenda20240910.pdf\n
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DTSTAMP:20240829T135402Z
DTSTART:20240910T210000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:6
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:ACRP Steering Committee
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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 genda20240910.pdf
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 aspects have not changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, ple
 ase see <a href="https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?s
 i=57831">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57831<
 /a><br />\n<br />A meeting of the Alexandria Community Remembrance Projec
 t (ACRP) Steering Committee. \n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Muse
 um\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black 
 History\, Black History Museum\, Boards &amp\; Commissions\, Museums\n<br
  />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava
 .gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57831<br>\n<a href="https://www.
 alexandriava.gov/sites/default/files/2024-08/acrpsteeringagenda20240910.p
 df">Meeting agenda</a><br>\n
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CATEGORIES:Arts
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Film
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not 
 changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://a
 pps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57785\n\nThe Alexandria 
 Community Remembrance Project (ACRP) will debut a documentary film titled
  Resolved: Never Again that brings a fresh perspective to the history of 
 the United States.  In Resolved: Never Again\, filmmaker Robin Hamilton e
 xplores the port city's involvement in slavery and the domestic slave tra
 de until the Civil War\, an era followed by decades of racial terror when
  the lynchings of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas took place. The evenin
 g opens at 5:30 with a Fundraising Reception\, the film begins at 7 p.m. 
 followed by a panel discussion that will end at 8:30 p.m. \n\nThe film al
 so captures the impact of the Equal Justice Initiative's Remembrance Move
 ment on our community from exposing these uncomfortable truths\, to honor
 ing the lives and deaths of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas with histori
 c markers\, a soil collection and a pilgrimage by nearly 200 community me
 mbers and high school students to Montgomery\, Ala. to deliver the sacred
  soil to the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. \n\nInterviews with
  Mayor Justin Wilson\, former Police Chief Don Hayes and Sheriff Sean Cas
 ey bring out the importance of acknowledging and taking responsibility fo
 r the past actions and inactions of their counterparts as we move toward 
 reconciling. Another feature of the film focuses on descendants of Joseph
  McCoy\, and how their family learned about their connection to this hist
 ory and to Alexandria. Debra White\, a spokesperson for the McCoy family\
 , talks about joining Alexandrians to engage with this history to join to
 gether for a better future. \n\nSee below for details and ticket prices.\
 n \nAttend the film and panel discussion\, doors open at 6:30 p.m. Ticket
 s $10\n\nMeet Robin Hamilton\, Founder and Principal of ARound Robin Prod
 uctions\, and many of those who are featured in the film at a Fundraising
  Reception prior to the debut while enjoying spirits and appetizers\, get
  preferred seating for the screening and panel discussion\, as well as a 
 promotional poster signed by Robin Hamilton. Reception begins at 5:30 p.m
 . Tickets $100\n\nExperience the Fundraising Reception with those feature
 d in the film and Robin Hamilton\, spirits and appetizers\, receive a sig
 ned promotional poster\, preferred seating for the screening and panel di
 scussion\, as well as reserved parking near the event entrance. Evening e
 vents begin at 5:30 p.m. Tickets $250\n\nThe Alexandria Community Remembr
 ance Project (ACRP) is a city-wide initiative dedicated to helping Alexan
 dria understand its history of racial terror hate crimes and to work towa
 rd creating a welcoming community bound by equity and inclusion. The ACRP
  is part of the African American History Division. \n\n\n\nLocation: Geor
 ge Washington Masonic Memorial\nFees: $10 - $250\n\nAudience: Anyone may 
 attend\nTags: Arts\, Black History\, Black History Museum\, Film\, Museum
 s\, Old & Historic Alexandria\n\nImport this event into your calendar: ht
 tp://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57785\n\nWeb re
 sources:\n\nPurchase tickets here\nhttps://crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonati
 on?ApiKey=pub_85748919-f16e-11ec-be05-02d341daa68d&WidgetId=10312705\n
DTEND:20240922T003000Z
DTSTAMP:20240823T060917Z
DTSTART:20240921T230000Z
GEO:38.807611;-77.065508
LOCATION:George Washington Masonic Memorial
SEQUENCE:10
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:ACRP Documentary Film Debut
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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URL:https://crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonation?ApiKey=pub_85748919-f16e-11ec
 -be05-02d341daa68d&WidgetId=10312705
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To make sure the time\, location\, and other 
 aspects have not changed\, or to share this event with your friends\, ple
 ase see <a href="https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?s
 i=57785">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57785<
 /a><br />\n<br />The Alexandria Community Remembrance Project (ACRP) will
  debut a documentary film titled Resolved: Never Again that brings a fres
 h perspective to the history of the United States.  In Resolved: Never Ag
 ain\, filmmaker Robin Hamilton explores the port city?s involvement in sl
 avery and the domestic slave trade until the Civil War\, an era followed 
 by decades of racial terror when the lynchings of Joseph McCoy and Benjam
 in Thomas took place. The evening opens at 5:30 with a Fundraising Recept
 ion\, the film begins at 7 p.m. followed by a panel discussion that will 
 end at 8:30 p.m. \n<br />\n<br />The film also captures the impact of the
  Equal Justice Initiative?s Remembrance Movement on our community from ex
 posing these uncomfortable truths\, to honoring the lives and deaths of J
 oseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas with historic markers\, a soil collection
  and a pilgrimage by nearly 200 community members and high school student
 s to Montgomery\, Ala. to deliver the sacred soil to the National Memoria
 l for Peace and Justice. \n<br />\n<br />Interviews with Mayor Justin Wil
 son\, former Police Chief Don Hayes and Sheriff Sean Casey bring out the 
 importance of acknowledging and taking responsibility for the past action
 s and inactions of their counterparts as we move toward reconciling. Anot
 her feature of the film focuses on descendants of Joseph McCoy\, and how 
 their family learned about their connection to this history and to Alexan
 dria. Debra White\, a spokesperson for the McCoy family\, talks about joi
 ning Alexandrians to engage with this history to join together for a bett
 er future. \n<br />\n<br />See below for details and ticket prices.\n<br 
 /> \n<br />Attend the film and panel discussion\, doors open at 6:30 p.m.
  Tickets $10\n<br />\n<br />Meet Robin Hamilton\, Founder and Principal o
 f ARound Robin Productions\, and many of those who are featured in the fi
 lm at a Fundraising Reception prior to the debut while enjoying spirits a
 nd appetizers\, get preferred seating for the screening and panel discuss
 ion\, as well as a promotional poster signed by Robin Hamilton. Reception
  begins at 5:30 p.m. Tickets $100\n<br />\n<br />Experience the Fundraisi
 ng Reception with those featured in the film and Robin Hamilton\, spirits
  and appetizers\, receive a signed promotional poster\, preferred seating
  for the screening and panel discussion\, as well as reserved parking nea
 r the event entrance. Evening events begin at 5:30 p.m. Tickets $250\n<br
  />\n<br />The Alexandria Community Remembrance Project (ACRP) is a city-
 wide initiative dedicated to helping Alexandria understand its history of
  racial terror hate crimes and to work toward creating a welcoming commun
 ity bound by equity and inclusion. The ACRP is part of the African Americ
 an History Division. \n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: George Was
 hington Masonic Memorial\n<br />Fees: $10 - $250\n<br />\n<br />Audience:
  Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Arts\, Black History\, Black History Muse
 um\, Film\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\n<br />\n<br />Impor
 t this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTes
 t/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57785<br>\n<a href="https://crm.bloomerang.co/Ho
 stedDonation?ApiKey=pub_85748919-f16e-11ec-be05-02d341daa68d&amp\;WidgetI
 d=10312705">Purchase tickets here</a><br>\n
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