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CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=62154\n\nGrown-Up Field Trip: Alexandria Black Hist
 ory Museum \n\nFor the 100th anniversary of Black History Month\, venture
  out on a four-part field trip series for adults highlighting African Ame
 rican history around Alexandria. Explore objects and primary sources\, di
 ve into conversations\, and be ready to be hands-on as you learn more abo
 ut Alexandria and American history. All field trips are based on ones off
 ered to school-age children\, but with extra time\, so we can go even dee
 per!\n\nFebruary 20: Lives and Legacies at the Freedom House Museum\n\n\n
 March 20: Media Remix at the Alexandria Black History Museum\n\n\nApril 1
 0: Hayti: Uncovering an African American Neighborhood at the Alexandria A
 rchaeology Museum\n\n\nMay 8: African American Stories at Alexandria's Ar
 chives and Records Center\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe S
 t.\nFees: $15/$12 for Grown-up Field Trip Members\nAudience: The same as 
 NULL value.\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\, Old &
  Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nWeb resources:\n\nPurchase Tickets Onl
 ine \nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx\n
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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:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=62154">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=62154</a><br />\n<br />Grown-Up F
 ield Trip: Alexandria Black History Museum \n<br />\n<br />For the 100th 
 anniversary of Black History Month\, venture out on a four-part field tri
 p series for adults highlighting African American history around Alexandr
 ia. Explore objects and primary sources\, dive into conversations\, and b
 e ready to be hands-on as you learn more about Alexandria and American hi
 story. All field trips are based on ones offered to school-age children\,
  but with extra time\, so we can go even deeper!\n<br />\n<br />February 
 20: Lives and Legacies at the Freedom House Museum\n<br />\n<br />\n<br /
 >March 20: Media Remix at the Alexandria Black History Museum\n<br />\n<b
 r />\n<br />April 10: Hayti: Uncovering an African American Neighborhood 
 at the Alexandria Archaeology Museum\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />May 8: Africa
 n American Stories at Alexandria?s Archives and Records Center\n<br />\n<
 br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Fees: $15/$12 
 for Grown-up Field Trip Members\n<br />Audience: The same as NULL value.\
 n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\, Old &amp\; 
 Historic Alexandria\, Old Town<br>\n<a href="https://shop.alexandriava.go
 v/Events.aspx">Purchase Tickets Online </a><br>\n
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CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:Imported on Apr 16\, 2026\, 1 day before the event.\nTo verify
  info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?s
 i=62558\n\nOn Saturday April 18th\, join author Holly Ousley-Lavender aut
 hor of The Librarian Who Didn't Like Books. A moderated discussion\, brie
 f book reading and book signing will begin at 11 a.m. and conclude at 12:
 30pm. The discussion and book reading are geared toward children ages 2-1
 0. This event is a free and open to the public.\n\nHolly Ousley-Lavender 
 is a school librarian with 30 years' experience. Ousley-Lavender was as a
  young child who dreaded reading and going to the library-until one day s
 he saw a book with characters that looked like her. She was then able to 
 make a connection that ignited her love of reading and sharing that love 
 with children. Holly Ousley-Lavender states that her mission is to ensure
  that all children find a mirror image of themselves in books and experie
 nce the joy and empowerment that representation brings through the books 
 that she writes.\n\nPatrons attending the Meet and Greet will have a chan
 ce to preview the Alexandria Black History Museum.\n\nThe Meet and Greet 
 and Book signing will be held at the Alexandria Black History Museum\, lo
 cated at 902 Wythe Street\, Alexandria\, Virginia 22314. For more informa
 tion\, please call (703) 746-4356. Seating is limited\, and reservations 
 are encouraged. The Museum is located five blocks from the Braddock Road 
 Metro on the Yellow and Blue Lines. Street parking is available.\n\n\nLoc
 ation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: The same as NULL v
 alue.\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Family\, Museums\, Ol
 d & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town
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DTSTART:20260418T150000Z
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SEQUENCE:10
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Meet-and-Greet and Book Signing
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 event.<br />To verify info please see <a href="https://apps.alexandriava.
 gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=62558">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Cale
 ndarTest/Detail.aspx?si=62558</a><br />\n<br />On Saturday April 18th\, j
 oin author Holly Ousley-Lavender author of The Librarian Who Didn?t Like 
 Books. A moderated discussion\, brief book reading and book signing will 
 begin at 11 a.m. and conclude at 12:30pm. The discussion and book reading
  are geared toward children ages 2-10. This event is a free and open to t
 he public.\n<br />\n<br />Holly Ousley-Lavender is a school librarian wit
 h 30 years? experience. Ousley-Lavender was as a young child who dreaded 
 reading and going to the library-until one day she saw a book with charac
 ters that looked like her. She was then able to make a connection that ig
 nited her love of reading and sharing that love with children. Holly Ousl
 ey-Lavender states that her mission is to ensure that all children find a
  mirror image of themselves in books and experience the joy and empowerme
 nt that representation brings through the books that she writes.\n<br />\
 n<br />Patrons attending the Meet and Greet will have a chance to preview
  the Alexandria Black History Museum.\n<br />\n<br />The Meet and Greet a
 nd Book signing will be held at the Alexandria Black History Museum\, loc
 ated at 902 Wythe Street\, Alexandria\, Virginia 22314. For more informat
 ion\, please call (703) 746-4356. Seating is limited\, and reservations a
 re encouraged. The Museum is located five blocks from the Braddock Road M
 etro on the Yellow and Blue Lines. Street parking is available.\n<br />\n
 <br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audie
 nce: The same as NULL value.\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History M
 useum\, Family\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town
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CATEGORIES:Black History
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CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:Imported on Apr 16\, 2026\, 7 days before the event.\nTo verif
 y info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?
 si=62525\n\n2026 Joseph McCoy Remembrance\n\nAn Examination of State Viol
 ence on Thursday\, April 23\, 2026 at Roberts Memorial United Methodist C
 hurch\, 606 South Washington Street. \n\nReception at 6:30 p.m.\, Church 
 Hall Program from 7- 8:15 p.m.  \n\nIn Remembrance of Joseph McCoy\, the 
 Alexandria Community Remembrance Project invites the public to an evening
  of reflection with Dr. Rodney Sadler at Roberts Memorial United Methodis
 t Church on April 23\, 2026\, 129 years after McCoy's lynching in Alexand
 ria. The widely published Dr. Sadler plans to explore the historic use of
  violence by those invested with authority and power\, with remarks title
 d\, "Governed by Fear and Hate: The Tools of the Supremacist State."  Rev
 . Dr. Sadler heads up the Center for Social Justice and Reconciliation at
  Union Presbyterian Seminary in Charlotte\, North Carolina\, where he foc
 uses on the nexus of race\, faith\, and politics. In addition to his writ
 ings\, he hosts a national radio program called "Politics of Faith\," a s
 eries of discussions called "Dangerous Dialogues\," and he represents his
  district in the North Carolina State Legislature. He has a number of con
 nections to the District and NOVA\, he is a graduate of Howard University
  and has been a senior fellow at George Mason University's Center for Wor
 ld Religion\, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution.  Roberts Memorial United
  Methodist Church\, one of the most historic Black churches in Alexandria
 \, was the home church for the McCoy family. This will be the second time
  Roberts Memorial will host the Remembrance event. \n\nParking is permitt
 ed at Demaine Funeral Home and as available on nearby streets.\n\nLocatio
 n: Roberts Memorial United Methodist Church\nAudience: The same as NULL v
 alue.\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\, Old & Histo
 ric Alexandria\, Old Town
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DTSTART:20260423T223000Z
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SUMMARY:ACRP Joseph McCoy Remembrance
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Imported on Apr 16\, 2026\, 7 days before the
  event.<br />To verify info please see <a href="https://apps.alexandriava
 .gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=62525">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Cal
 endarTest/Detail.aspx?si=62525</a><br />\n<br />2026 Joseph McCoy Remembr
 ance\n<br />\n<br />An Examination of State Violence on Thursday\, April 
 23\, 2026 at Roberts Memorial United Methodist Church\, 606 South Washing
 ton Street. \n<br />\n<br />Reception at 6:30 p.m.\, Church Hall Program 
 from 7- 8:15 p.m.  \n<br />\n<br />In Remembrance of Joseph McCoy\, the A
 lexandria Community Remembrance Project invites the public to an evening 
 of reflection with Dr. Rodney Sadler at Roberts Memorial United Methodist
  Church on April 23\, 2026\, 129 years after McCoy?s lynching in Alexandr
 ia. The widely published Dr. Sadler plans to explore the historic use of 
 violence by those invested with authority and power\, with remarks titled
 \, ?Governed by Fear and Hate: The Tools of the Supremacist State.?  Rev.
  Dr. Sadler heads up the Center for Social Justice and Reconciliation at 
 Union Presbyterian Seminary in Charlotte\, North Carolina\, where he focu
 ses on the nexus of race\, faith\, and politics. In addition to his writi
 ngs\, he hosts a national radio program called ?Politics of Faith\,? a se
 ries of discussions called ?Dangerous Dialogues\,? and he represents his 
 district in the North Carolina State Legislature. He has a number of conn
 ections to the District and NOVA\, he is a graduate of Howard University 
 and has been a senior fellow at George Mason University?s Center for Worl
 d Religion\, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution.  Roberts Memorial United 
 Methodist Church\, one of the most historic Black churches in Alexandria\
 , was the home church for the McCoy family. This will be the second time 
 Roberts Memorial will host the Remembrance event. \n<br />\n<br />Parking
  is permitted at Demaine Funeral Home and as available on nearby streets.
 \n<br />\n<br />Location: Roberts Memorial United Methodist Church\n<br /
 >Audience: The same as NULL value.\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black His
 tory Museum\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town
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DESCRIPTION:ACRP Joseph McCoy Remembrance: Please visit website to confirm
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