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CATEGORIES:America250
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:Imported on Jul 27\, 2026\, 27 days before the event.\nTo veri
 fy info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=
 63233\n\nOur popular grown-up field trip series continues with a trip to 
 the Alexandria Black History Museum for Moss Kendrix: Reframing the Black
  Image.\n\nHow can stereotypes cause harm? Learn about pioneering public 
 relations expert Moss Kendrix and how he changed the way media portrayed 
 Black Americans. Join other adults as you explore objects and primary sou
 rces\, dive into conversations\, and get hands-on as you learn more about
  Alexandria's history.\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\
 nFees: $15\nTags: America250\, Black History\, Black History Museum\, Mus
 eums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nWeb resources:\n\nPurchase
  Tickets Online \nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx\n
DTEND:20260823T183000Z
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DTSTART:20260823T170000Z
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LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Grown-Up Field Trip: Black History Museum
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URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Imported on Jul 27\, 2026\, 27 days before th
 e event.<br />To verify info please see <a href="https://apps.alexandriav
 a.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=63233">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 ar/Detail.aspx?si=63233</a><br />\n<br />Our popular grown-up field trip 
 series continues with a trip to the Alexandria Black History Museum for M
 oss Kendrix: Reframing the Black Image.\n<br />\n<br />How can stereotype
 s cause harm? Learn about pioneering public relations expert Moss Kendrix
  and how he changed the way media portrayed Black Americans. Join other a
 dults as you explore objects and primary sources\, dive into conversation
 s\, and get hands-on as you learn more about Alexandria&#39\;s history.\n
 <br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Fees:
  $15\n<br />Tags: America250\, Black History\, Black History Museum\, Mus
 eums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town<br>\n<a href="https://sh
 op.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx">Purchase Tickets Online </a><br>\n
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CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:Imported on Jul 27\, 2026\, 32 days before the event.\nTo veri
 fy info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=
 63321\n\nAn Evening in Remembrance of Benjamin Thomas\nCivil Rights in Un
 certain Times\nA Conversation with NAACP's Myesha Braden\nMusic by C. Edd
 ye Miller\nFri. Aug. 28\nShiloh Baptist Church\, 1401 Jaimeson Ave.\nDoor
 s open 6:30 p.m.\nProgram 7-8 p.m.\n \nWho's history? Our history. Who's 
 rights? Our rights. When factual history is buried\, people are polarized
 \, hate groups menace commuters on the metro\, all aspects of life become
  uncertain\, even constitutional rights. The Alexandria Community Remembr
 ance Project invites the public to Shiloh Baptist Church for an Evening i
 n Remembrance of Benjamin Thomas featuring a conversation with NAACP's My
 esha Braden. An attorney with the NAACP\, Braden\, is involved in fightin
 g state and national attacks on voting rights. \n \nThe hour long event i
 s being held on the same day in 1899 that more than 600 people gathered a
 t the historic Shiloh Baptist Church on Duke Street to memorialize Thomas
  and protest his and all lynchings. The program will also feature music b
 y C. Eddye Miller and Mayor Gaskins will give remarks. The annual event t
 hat is free and open to the public.  \n \nThat same night\, tours of the 
 historic sanctuary where the Mass Meeting & Memorial for Thomas was held 
 in 1899 will be available from 5:30-6:30 at 1400 Duke Street. The Freedom
  House\, a museum that shares the story of Alexandria's role in the domes
 tic slave trade at 1315 Duke Street\, will also be open for tours until 6
 :30 p.m.\n\n\nLocation: Shiloh Baptist Church\nAudience: Anyone may atten
 d\nTags: Black History\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n
 \nWeb resources:\n\nAlexandria Community Remembrance Project\nhttps://www
 .alexandriava.gov/cultural-history/alexandria-community-remembrance-proje
 ct\n
DTEND:20260829T000001Z
DTSTAMP:20260725T010726Z
DTSTART:20260828T230000Z
GEO:38.804049;-77.055943
LOCATION:Shiloh Baptist Church
SEQUENCE:7
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:ACRP Benjamin Thomas Remembrance Event
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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URL:https://www.alexandriava.gov/cultural-history/alexandria-community-rem
 embrance-project
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Imported on Jul 27\, 2026\, 32 days before th
 e event.<br />To verify info please see <a href="https://apps.alexandriav
 a.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=63321">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 ar/Detail.aspx?si=63321</a><br />\n<br />An Evening in Remembrance of Ben
 jamin Thomas\n<br />Civil Rights in Uncertain Times\n<br />A Conversation
  with NAACP?s Myesha Braden\n<br />Music by C. Eddye Miller\n<br />Fri. A
 ug. 28\n<br />Shiloh Baptist Church\, 1401 Jaimeson Ave.\n<br />Doors ope
 n 6:30 p.m.\n<br />Program 7-8 p.m.\n<br /> \n<br />Who?s history? Our hi
 story. Who?s rights? Our rights. When factual history is buried\, people 
 are polarized\, hate groups menace commuters on the metro\, all aspects o
 f life become uncertain\, even constitutional rights. The Alexandria Comm
 unity Remembrance Project invites the public to Shiloh Baptist Church for
  an Evening in Remembrance of Benjamin Thomas featuring a conversation wi
 th NAACP?s Myesha Braden. An attorney with the NAACP\, Braden\, is involv
 ed in fighting state and national attacks on voting rights. \n<br /> \n<b
 r />The hour long event is being held on the same day in 1899 that more t
 han 600 people gathered at the historic Shiloh Baptist Church on Duke Str
 eet to memorialize Thomas and protest his and all lynchings. The program 
 will also feature music by C. Eddye Miller and Mayor Gaskins will give re
 marks. The annual event that is free and open to the public.  \n<br /> \n
 <br />That same night\, tours of the historic sanctuary where the Mass Me
 eting &amp\; Memorial for Thomas was held in 1899 will be available from 
 5:30-6:30 at 1400 Duke Street. The Freedom House\, a museum that shares t
 he story of Alexandria?s role in the domestic slave trade at 1315 Duke St
 reet\, will also be open for tours until 6:30 p.m.\n<br />\n<br />\n<br /
 >Location: Shiloh Baptist Church\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br 
 />Tags: Black History\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old To
 wn<br>\n<a href="https://www.alexandriava.gov/cultural-history/alexandria
 -community-remembrance-project">Alexandria Community Remembrance Project<
 /a><br>\n
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CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:Imported on Jul 27\, 2026\, 60 days before the event.\nTo veri
 fy info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=
 63322\n\nGrown-Up Field Trip: Black History in Archives \n\nEngage with a
 rchival documents while learning about Black life in Alexandria during th
 e early 20th century. Through letters and other primary sources\, discove
 r how archives are used to preserve community stories. This event takes p
 lace at the Alexandria Archives and Records Center\, and includes a behin
 d-the-scenes tour of the facility. The center is fully accessible and has
  parking nearby.\n\nThis is part of Historic Alexandria's popular grown-u
 p field trip series\, where adults come together to explore historic reco
 rds\, dive into conversations\, and hear touching stories as you learn mo
 re about Alexandria's History.\n\nLocation: Archives and Records Center\,
  801 S. Payne Street\nFees: $15/$12 for Grown-up Field Trip Members\nTags
 : Black History\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nWeb r
 esources:\n\nPurchase Tickets Online \nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov/Even
 ts.aspx\n
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DTSTAMP:20260725T012352Z
DTSTART:20260925T223000Z
LOCATION:Archives and Records Center\, 801 S. Payne Street
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Grown-Up Field Trip: Black History in Archives
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URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Imported on Jul 27\, 2026\, 60 days before th
 e event.<br />To verify info please see <a href="https://apps.alexandriav
 a.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=63322">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 ar/Detail.aspx?si=63322</a><br />\n<br />Grown-Up Field Trip: Black Histo
 ry in Archives \n<br />\n<br />Engage with archival documents while learn
 ing about Black life in Alexandria during the early 20th century. Through
  letters and other primary sources\, discover how archives are used to pr
 eserve community stories. This event takes place at the Alexandria Archiv
 es and Records Center\, and includes a behind-the-scenes tour of the faci
 lity. The center is fully accessible and has parking nearby.\n<br />\n<br
  />This is part of Historic Alexandria&#39\;s popular grown-up field trip
  series\, where adults come together to explore historic records\, dive i
 nto conversations\, and hear touching stories as you learn more about Ale
 xandria&#39\;s History.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Archives and Records Cen
 ter\, 801 S. Payne Street\n<br />Fees: $15/$12 for Grown-up Field Trip Me
 mbers\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandr
 ia\, Old Town<br>\n<a href="https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx">Pu
 rchase Tickets Online </a><br>\n
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