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CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 ar/Detail.aspx?si=17409\n\nThe Office of Historic Alexandria and the Nort
 hern Virginia Urban League are excited to announce a collaboration for Bl
 ack History Month. On Saturdays during February\, Freedom House Museum wi
 ll be open for self-guided tours from 1-5 p.m.\n\nLocated at 1315 Duke St
 reet\, The Freedom House Museum was once the headquarters and holding pen
  for the largest domestic slave trading firm in the United States\, Frank
 lin and Armfield. Enslaved people were brought from the Chesapeake Bay ar
 ea and forced to the slave markets in Natchez\, Mississippi and New Orlea
 ns either by foot or ship. After Franklin and Armfield vacated the buildi
 ng in 1836\, James Birch\, the trader who had sold Solomon Northup\, auth
 or of Twelve Years a Slave\, in Washington DC moved his operation into th
 e building in 1858. Birch and his partner used the building as their head
 quarters until 1861\, when the city was occupied by the Union Army. \n\nT
 he building is currently owned by the Northern Virginia Urban League and 
 together with the Office of Historic Alexandria\, we invite you to visit 
 the museum in this historic reminder of slavery.\n\nGroups of 7 or more s
 hould contact 703.746.4739 at least one week in advance to arrange a time
  to visit. \n\n\n\nLocation: See Details\nContact Phone: 703.746.4739 \nF
 ees: $5 per person. Credit card purchases must be made online\nAudience: 
 Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History Museum\, Museums\n\nWeb resources:
 \n\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov\n
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SUMMARY:Saturdays at the Freedom House Museum
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URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=17409">https://apps.alexandri
 ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=17409</a><br />\n<br />The Office of Hist
 oric Alexandria and the Northern Virginia Urban League are excited to ann
 ounce a collaboration for Black History Month. On Saturdays during Februa
 ry\, Freedom House Museum will be open for self-guided tours from 1-5 p.m
 .\n<br />\n<br />Located at 1315 Duke Street\, The Freedom House Museum w
 as once the headquarters and holding pen for the largest domestic slave t
 rading firm in the United States\, Franklin and Armfield. Enslaved people
  were brought from the Chesapeake Bay area and forced to the slave market
 s in Natchez\, Mississippi and New Orleans either by foot or ship. After 
 Franklin and Armfield vacated the building in 1836\, James Birch\, the tr
 ader who had sold Solomon Northup\, author of Twelve Years a Slave\, in W
 ashington DC moved his operation into the building in 1858. Birch and his
  partner used the building as their headquarters until 1861\, when the ci
 ty was occupied by the Union Army. \n<br />\n<br />The building is curren
 tly owned by the Northern Virginia Urban League and together with the Off
 ice of Historic Alexandria\, we invite you to visit the museum in this hi
 storic reminder of slavery.\n<br />\n<br />Groups of 7 or more should con
 tact 703.746.4739 at least one week in advance to arrange a time to visit
 . \n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: See Details\n<br />Contact Ph
 one: 703.746.4739 \n<br />Fees: $5 per person. Credit card purchases must
  be made online\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black His
 tory Museum\, Museums<br>\n<a href="https://shop.alexandriava.gov">https:
 //shop.alexandriava.gov</a><br>\n
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