BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Black History CATEGORIES:Book Discussion Group CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria CATEGORIES:Old Town DESCRIPTION:Imported on Nov 3\, 2026\, 2 days before the event.\nTo verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=63 569\n\nReserve space at a Discerning Dinner and join the conversation whi le supporting the Alexandria Community Remembrance Project's Memorial Sch olarship Program. Each academic year\, ACRP invites guest speakers to lea d participants in meaningful conversation while enjoying a simple dinner together. The topic will be the Underground Railroad with Tony Cohen. To officially register for this event: Step One: Reserve your place at the t able in the Historic Alexandria Shop at https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Eve nts.aspx (This is only a reservation\; no money will be deducted from you r account.) Step Two: Donate $40 to ACRP's Memorial Scholarship Program. (Please do not donate anonymously\, instead leave your last name and "for Cohen Dinner" so we can track your purchase.)\n\n$40 donation to ACRP's Memorial Scholarship program (donate here: https://alexscholarshipfund.ne tworkforgood.com/projects/208787-alexandria-community-remembrance-project -scholarships)\n\n\n\nLocation: Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St.\nFees : $40 donation to ACRP's Memorial Scholarship program\nTags: Black Histor y\, Book Discussion Group\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Tow n\n\nWeb resources:\n\nGet Your Tickets Here\nhttps://www.alexandriava.go v/historic-alexandria/discerning-dinners-fundraisers\n DTEND:20261106T010000Z DTSTAMP:20261030T224511Z DTSTART:20261105T230000Z GEO:38.807209;-77.046797 LOCATION:Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St. SEQUENCE:12 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:ACRP Discerning Dinner - SOLD OUT TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:97db466c-b71b-44a3-aebd-47937c3c69b6 URL:https://www.alexandriava.gov/historic-alexandria/discerning-dinners-fu ndraisers X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Imported on Nov 3\, 2026\, 2 days before the event.
To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar /Detail.aspx?si=63569
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Reserve space at a Discerning Dinn er and join the conversation while supporting the Alexandria Community Re membrance Project?s Memorial Scholarship Program. Each academic year\, AC RP invites guest speakers to lead participants in meaningful conversation while enjoying a simple dinner together. The topic will be the Undergrou nd Railroad with Tony Cohen. To officially register for this event: Step One: Reserve your place at the table in the Historic Alexandria Shop at < a href="https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx">https://shop.alexandri ava.gov/Events.aspx(This is only a reservation\; no money will be ded ucted from your account.) Step Two: Donate $40 to ACRP?s Memorial Scholar ship Program. (Please do not donate anonymously\, instead leave your last name and ?for Cohen Dinner? so we can track your purchase.)\n
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$40 donation to ACRP'\;s Memorial Scholarship program (donate here: https://alexscholarshipfund.networkforgood.com/projects/208787-alexandri a-community-remembrance-project-scholarships)\n
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\nLocation: Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St.\n
Fees: $40 donati on to ACRP'\;s Memorial Scholarship program\n
Tags: Black History \, Book Discussion Group\, Museums\, Old &\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town
\nGet Your Tickets Here
\n X-COA-DTSTAMP:20261030T224511Z BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:ACRP Discerning Dinner - SOLD OUT: Please visit website to con firm time\, location\, etc. DURATION:PT30M REPEAT:2 TRIGGER:-PT30M END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Book Discussion Group CATEGORIES:Lecture CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria CATEGORIES:Old Town DESCRIPTION:Imported on Nov 3\, 2026\, 12 days before the event.\nTo verif y info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=6 3499\n\nJoin us at Lloyd House for a series of lectures featuring local a uthors\, with the third featuring Jonathan S. Jones\, author of Opium Sla very\, Civil War Veterans and America's First Opioid Crisis. \n\nDuring t he Civil War\, the utility and widespread availability of opium and morph ine made opiates essential to wartime medicine. After the war ended\, tho usands of ailing soldiers became addicted\, or "enslaved\," as nineteenth -century Americans phrased it. Veterans\, their families\, and communitie s struggled to cope with addiction's health and social consequences. Medi cal and government authorities compounded veterans' suffering and imbued the epidemic with cultural meaning by branding addiction as a matter of m oral weakness\, unmanliness\, or mental infirmity. Framing addiction as " opium slavery" limited the efficacy of care and left many veterans to suf fer needlessly for decades after the war ended.\n\nDrawing from veterans' firsthand accounts as well as mental asylum and hospital records\, gover nment and medical reports\, newspaper coverage of addiction\, and adverti sements\, Jonathan S. Jones unearths the poorly understood stories of opi ate-addicted Civil War veterans in unflinching detail\, illuminating the war's traumatic legacies. In doing so\, Jones provides critical historica l context for the modern opioid crisis\, which bears tragic resemblance t o that of the post-Civil War era.\n\nLocation: Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washi ngton St.\nFees: $15/$12 for Historic Alexandria Members and volunteers.\ nTags: Book Discussion Group\, Lecture\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexand ria\, Old Town\n\nWeb resources:\n\nPurchase Tickets online\nhttps://shop .alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx\n DTEND:20261115T213000Z DTSTAMP:20261008T195925Z DTSTART:20261115T200000Z GEO:38.807209;-77.046797 LOCATION:Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St. SEQUENCE:8 STATUS:CANCELLED SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Lecture: "Opium Slavery\, Civil War Veterans ..." TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:afe40fd3-cdc7-46f4-8d4c-2b96ba2102b1 URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Imported on Nov 3\, 2026\, 12 days before the event.
To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calenda r/Detail.aspx?si=63499
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Join us at Lloyd House for a seri es of lectures featuring local authors\, with the third featuring Jonatha n S. Jones\, author of Opium Slavery\, Civil War Veterans and America?s F irst Opioid Crisis. \n
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During the Civil War\, the utility an d widespread availability of opium and morphine made opiates essential to wartime medicine. After the war ended\, thousands of ailing soldiers bec ame addicted\, or ?enslaved\,? as nineteenth-century Americans phrased it . Veterans\, their families\, and communities struggled to cope with addi ction?s health and social consequences. Medical and government authoritie s compounded veterans'\; suffering and imbued the epidemic with cultur al meaning by branding addiction as a matter of moral weakness\, unmanlin ess\, or mental infirmity. Framing addiction as ?opium slavery? limited t he efficacy of care and left many veterans to suffer needlessly for decad es after the war ended.\n
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Drawing from veterans'\; firsth and accounts as well as mental asylum and hospital records\, government a nd medical reports\, newspaper coverage of addiction\, and advertisements \, Jonathan S. Jones unearths the poorly understood stories of opiate-add icted Civil War veterans in unflinching detail\, illuminating the war?s t raumatic legacies. In doing so\, Jones provides critical historical conte xt for the modern opioid crisis\, which bears tragic resemblance to that of the post?Civil War era.\n
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Location: Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St.\n
Fees: $15/$12 for Historic Alexandria Members and v olunteers.\n
Tags: Book Discussion Group\, Lecture\, Museums\, Old & amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town
\nPurchase Tickets online
\n X-COA-DTSTAMP:20261008T195925Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Black History CATEGORIES:Book Discussion Group CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria CATEGORIES:Old Town DESCRIPTION:Imported on Nov 3\, 2026\, 88 days before the event.\nTo verif y info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=6 3570\n\nReserve space at a Discerning Dinner and join the conversation wh ile supporting the Alexandria Community Remembrance Project's Memorial Sc holarship Program. Each academic year\, ACRP invites guest speakers to le ad participants in meaningful conversation while enjoying a simple dinner together. Our guest speaker is Dr. DeFazio of George Mason University (G MU) who has a book titled "Lynching in Virginia: Racial Terror and Its Le gacy."\n\nTo officially register for this event: Step One: Reserve your p lace at the table in the Historic Alexandria shop at https://shop.alexand riava.gov/Events.aspx (This is only a reservation\; no money will be dedu cted from your account.) Step Two: Donate $40 to ACRP's Memorial Scholars hip Program. (Please do not donate anonymously\, instead leave your last name and "for Cohen Dinner" so we can track your purchase.)\n\n$40 donati on to ACRP's Memorial Scholarship program (donate here: https://alexschol arshipfund.networkforgood.com/projects/208787-alexandria-community-rememb rance-project-scholarships)\n\n\n\nLocation: Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washing ton St.\nFees: $40 donation to ACRP's Memorial Scholarship program\nTags: Black History\, Book Discussion Group\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexand ria\, Old Town\n\nWeb resources:\n\n$40 donation to ACRP's Memorial Schol arship program\nhttps://alexscholarshipfund.networkforgood.com/projects/2 08787-alexandria-community-remembrance-project-scholarships\n\nReserve yo ur Seat at the Table\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx\n DTEND:20270131T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T191754Z DTSTART:20270130T230000Z GEO:38.807209;-77.046797 LOCATION:Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St. SEQUENCE:7 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:ACRP Discerning Dinner TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:e5e25ccf-957c-443d-a85d-e7b01de5a9fd URL:https://alexscholarshipfund.networkforgood.com/projects/208787-alexand ria-community-remembrance-project-scholarships X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Imported on Nov 3\, 2026\, 88 days before the event.
To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calenda r/Detail.aspx?si=63570
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Reserve space at a Discerning Din ner and join the conversation while supporting the Alexandria Community R emembrance Project?s Memorial Scholarship Program. Each academic year\, A CRP invites guest speakers to lead participants in meaningful conversatio n while enjoying a simple dinner together. Our guest speaker is Dr. DeFaz io of George Mason University (GMU) who has a book titled "\;Lynching in Virginia: Racial Terror and Its Legacy."\;\n
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To offi cially register for this event: Step One: Reserve your place at the table in the Historic Alexandria shop at https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx(This is only a reservation\; no money will be deducted from your account.) Step Two: Donate $40 to ACRP?s Memorial Scholarship Program. (Please do not donate anonymously\, instead leave your last name and ?for Cohen Dinner? so we c an track your purchase.)\n
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$40 donation to ACRP'\;s Memor ial Scholarship program (donate here: https://alexscholarshipfund.network forgood.com/projects/208787-alexandria-community-remembrance-project-scho larships)\n
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Location: Lloyd House\, 220 N. W ashington St.\n
Fees: $40 donation to ACRP'\;s Memorial Scholarsh ip program\n
Tags: Black History\, Book Discussion Group\, Museums\, Old &\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town
\n$40 donation to ACRP'\;s Memorial Scholar ship program
\nReserve your Seat at the Table
\n X-COA-DTSTAMP:20260902T191754Z BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:ACRP Discerning Dinner: Please visit website to confirm time\, location\, etc. DURATION:PT30M REPEAT:2 TRIGGER:-PT30M END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR