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CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:Imported on Aug 20\, 2026\, 8 days before the event.\nTo verif
 y info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=6
 3321\n\nAn Evening in Remembrance of Benjamin Thomas\nA Conversation with
  NAACP's Myesha Braden\nMusic by Charles E. Miller\nFriday\, August 28\nS
 hiloh Baptist Church\, 1401 Jaimeson Avenue\nDoors open 6:30 p.m.\nProgra
 m 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 co
 mmuters on the metro\, all aspects of life become uncertain\, even consti
 tutional rights. The Alexandria Community Remembrance Project invites the
  public to Shiloh Baptist Church for an Evening in Remembrance of Benjami
 n Thomas featuring a conversation with NAACP's Myesha Braden. An attorney
  with the NAACP\, Braden\, is involved in fighting state and national att
 acks on voting rights. \n \nThe hour long event is being held on the same
  day in 1899 that more than 600 people gathered at the historic Shiloh Ba
 ptist Church on Duke Street to memorialize Thomas and protest his and all
  lynchings. The program will also feature music by Charles E. Miller and 
 Mayor Gaskins will give remarks. The annual event that is free and open t
 o the public.  \n \nThat same night\, tours of the historic sanctuary whe
 re the Mass Meeting & Memorial for Thomas was held in 1899 will be availa
 ble from 5:30-6:30 at 1400 Duke Street. The Freedom House\, a museum that
  shares the story of Alexandria's role in the domestic slave trade at 131
 5 Duke Street\, will also be open for tours until 6:30 p.m.\n\n\nLocation
 : Shiloh Baptist Church\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History
 \, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nWeb resources:\n\nAl
 exandria Community Remembrance Project\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/cult
 ural-history/alexandria-community-remembrance-project\n
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LOCATION:Shiloh Baptist Church
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SUMMARY:ACRP Benjamin Thomas Remembrance Event
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URL:https://www.alexandriava.gov/cultural-history/alexandria-community-rem
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Imported on Aug 20\, 2026\, 8 days before the
  event.<br />To verify info please see <a href="https://apps.alexandriava
 .gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=63321">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calenda
 r/Detail.aspx?si=63321</a><br />\n<br />An Evening in Remembrance of Benj
 amin Thomas\n<br />A Conversation with NAACP?s Myesha Braden\n<br />Music
  by Charles E. Miller\n<br />Friday\, August 28\n<br />Shiloh Baptist Chu
 rch\, 1401 Jaimeson Avenue\n<br />Doors open 6:30 p.m.\n<br />Program 7-8
  p.m.\n<br /> \n<br />Who?s history? Our history. Who?s rights? Our right
 s. When factual history is buried\, people are polarized\, hate groups me
 nace commuters on the metro\, all aspects of life become uncertain\, even
  constitutional rights. The Alexandria Community Remembrance Project invi
 tes the public to Shiloh Baptist Church for an Evening in Remembrance of 
 Benjamin Thomas featuring a conversation with NAACP?s Myesha Braden. An a
 ttorney with the NAACP\, Braden\, is involved in fighting state and natio
 nal attacks on voting rights. \n<br /> \n<br />The hour long event is bei
 ng held on the same day in 1899 that more than 600 people gathered at the
  historic Shiloh Baptist Church on Duke Street to memorialize Thomas and 
 protest his and all lynchings. The program will also feature music by Cha
 rles E. Miller and Mayor Gaskins will give remarks. The annual event that
  is free and open to the public.  \n<br /> \n<br />That same night\, tour
 s of the historic sanctuary where the Mass Meeting &amp\; Memorial for Th
 omas was held in 1899 will be available from 5:30-6:30 at 1400 Duke Stree
 t. The Freedom House\, a museum that shares the story of Alexandria?s rol
 e in the domestic slave trade at 1315 Duke Street\, will also be open for
  tours until 6:30 p.m.\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: Shiloh Baptist Ch
 urch\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Muse
 ums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town<br>\n<a href="https://www
 .alexandriava.gov/cultural-history/alexandria-community-remembrance-proje
 ct">Alexandria Community Remembrance Project</a><br>\n
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