BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DESCRIPTION:The Alexandria Community Remembrance Project (ACRP) invites the public to join us in a somber soil collection ceremony to recognize the l ives and lynchings of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas. METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//alexandriava.gov//Web Calendar 1.0//EN SUMMARY:ACRP Soil Collection for McCoy & Thomas on Sep 24\, 2022 X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H X-WR-CALDESC:ACRP Soil Collection for McCoy & Thomas on Sep 24\, 2022 X-WR-CALNAME:ACRP Soil Collection for McCoy & Thomas on Sep 24\, 2022 X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Black History,Black History Museum,City Council,City Council Cal endar,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/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=44351\n\nThe Alexandria Com munity Remembrance Project (ACRP) invites the public to join us in a sombe r soil collection ceremony to recognize the lives and lynchings of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas. The Soil Collection ceremony honors the lives a nd deaths of McCoy and Thomas and features placing soil into jars that wil l be given to the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI). Community members will b e welcome to take part in the soil ceremony\, drawing soil from two wooden vessels designed and built by 8th grade students at Jefferson-Houston IB School. The soil jars will be taken by the community to Montgomery\, Alaba ma and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice as part of the ACRP pil grimage October 6-10\, 2022. \n\nLocation: Market Square\, 301 King St.\nA udience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, C ity Council\, City Council Calendar\, Museums\n\nImport this event into yo ur calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=4 4351 DTEND:20220924T220000Z DTSTAMP:20220906T191056Z DTSTART:20220924T200000Z GEO:38.804935;-77.042978 LOCATION:Market Square\, 301 King St. SEQUENCE:8 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:ACRP Soil Collection for McCoy & Thomas TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:e9c992f7-f0f4-481b-b311-d53348e07da3 X-COA-DTSTAMP:20220906T191056Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR