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CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 ar/Detail.aspx?si=62543\n\nRemember the Pearl weekend at Freedom House Mu
 seum \n\nThe Edmonson sisters Mary and Emily were trafficked through Alex
 andria in the domestic slave trade after attempting to escape on the Pear
 l. One of the largest escape attempts in U.S. history\, Freedom House Mus
 eum is hosting the following special activities as part of a regional com
 memoration in honor of the attempt of 77 enslaved people\, including the 
 Edmonson sisters\, to seek freedom from the wharves of southwest D.C. \n 
 \nOn April 11 and 12\, visitors can join docent-led discussions during re
 gular museum hours about the history of the Pearl and its impact on socie
 ty. Visitors who mention "Remember the Pearl" will receive free admission
 .  \n\nAs part of the weekend's reflection and dialogue\, the public is w
 armly invited to gather for a special conversation on Saturday morning fr
 om 10 - 11 a.m. - A Conversation - The Framework for Social Resistance. T
 he Edmonson Sisters' story provides a historic example\, while Mr. Earl Y
 ates\, part of the Social Justice Ministry of Shiloh Baptist Church in Wa
 shington\, D.C.\, provides contemporary examples of the framework. Attend
 ees will have time to reflect and apply the Framework to their own lives.
   Mr. Earl Yates has been a long-time member of the Social?Justice? Commi
 ttee at Shiloh Baptist Church of Washington\, D.C. He spent his career wo
 rking with developing nations through the Peace Corp and USAID.? \n\nVisi
 t Information:\nFreedom House Museum is located at 1315 Duke Street\, Ale
 xandria\, VA. Museum hours are Thursdays & Fridays\, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.\; S
 aturdays\, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.\; and Sundays\, 1 - 5 p.m. \nAdmission is $5 
 per adult and $3 per child (ages 5-12). Admission is free for City of Ale
 xandria residents. Visitors who mention "Remember the Pearl" on April 11 
 and 12 will also receive free admission.\n\n\n\nLocation: Freedom House M
 useum\nFees: Admission is free for City of Alexandria residents. Visitors
  who mention "Remember the Pearl" on April 11 and 12 will also receive fr
 ee admission.\nTags: Black History\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\
 , Old Town
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=62543">https://apps.alexandri
 ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=62543</a><br />\n<br />Remember the Pearl
  weekend at Freedom House Museum \n<br />\n<br />The Edmonson sisters Mar
 y and Emily were trafficked through Alexandria in the domestic slave trad
 e after attempting to escape on the Pearl. One of the largest escape atte
 mpts in U.S. history\, Freedom House Museum is hosting the following spec
 ial activities as part of a regional commemoration in honor of the attemp
 t of 77 enslaved people\, including the Edmonson sisters\, to seek freedo
 m from the wharves of southwest D.C. \n<br /> \n<br />On April 11 and 12\
 , visitors can join docent-led discussions during regular museum hours ab
 out the history of the Pearl and its impact on society. Visitors who ment
 ion ?Remember the Pearl? will receive free admission.  \n<br />\n<br />As
  part of the weekend?s reflection and dialogue\, the public is warmly inv
 ited to gather for a special conversation on Saturday morning from 10 ? 1
 1 a.m. ? A Conversation - The Framework for Social Resistance. The Edmons
 on Sisters? story provides a historic example\, while Mr. Earl Yates\, pa
 rt of the Social Justice Ministry of Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington\
 , D.C.\, provides contemporary examples of the framework. Attendees will 
 have time to reflect and apply the Framework to their own lives.  Mr. Ear
 l Yates has been a long-time member of the Social?Justice? Committee at S
 hiloh Baptist Church of Washington\, D.C. He spent his career working wit
 h developing nations through the Peace Corp and USAID.? \n<br />\n<br />V
 isit Information:\n<br />Freedom House Museum is located at 1315 Duke Str
 eet\, Alexandria\, VA. Museum hours are Thursdays &amp\; Fridays\, 11 a.m
 . ? 4 p.m.\; Saturdays\, 11 a.m. ? 5 p.m.\; and Sundays\, 1 ? 5 p.m. \n<b
 r />Admission is $5 per adult and $3 per child (ages 5?12). Admission is 
 free for City of Alexandria residents. Visitors who mention ?Remember the
  Pearl? on April 11 and 12 will also receive free admission.\n<br />\n<br
  />\n<br />\n<br />Location: Freedom House Museum\n<br />Fees: Admission 
 is free for City of Alexandria residents. Visitors who mention ?Remember 
 the Pearl? on April 11 and 12 will also receive free admission.\n<br />Ta
 gs: Black History\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town
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