BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lecture CATEGORIES:Museums DESCRIPTION:Imported on Oct 5\, 2026\, 13 days before the event.\nTo verif y info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx? si=63497\n\nLecture: "Descendants" by John Durel \n\nJoin us at Lloyd Hou se for a series of lectures featuring local authors\, with the second fea turing John W. Durel\, author of "Descendants\, The Divided Lineage of a Louisiana Creole Family." "Descendants" raises questions of racial identi ty\, interracial relationships\, and racism as experienced by eight gener ations of a Creole family living in New Orleans from the mid-eighteenth i nto the twenty-first century. Each chapter relates stories of individuals whose lives were shaped by race in the context of the times in which the y lived\, revealing evolving attitudes\, behaviors\, and laws\, with impl ications for our understanding of race in America today.\n\nDr. Durel wil l present an overview of the book\, read excerpts\, and lead a discussion of some of the surprising stories that surfaced through his extensive hi storical and genealogical research. \n\nBorn in Thibodaux\, Louisiana\, J ohn Durel holds a PhD in American History from the University of New Hamp shire. Following a career working in and consulting with museums nationwi de and internationally\, in 2019 he returned to his interest in historica l research and writing. "Descendants" is his first book.\n\nLocation: Llo yd House\, 220 N. Washington St.\nFees: $15/$12 for Historic Alexandria M embers and volunteers\nTags: Lecture\, Museums\n\nWeb resources:\n\nPurch ase Tickets online\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx\n DTEND:20261018T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260820T194321Z DTSTART:20261018T190000Z GEO:38.807209;-77.046797 LOCATION:Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St. SEQUENCE:6 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Lecture: "Descendants" by John Durel TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:aaea0c3c-ce51-48da-ab74-f078e443eeb5 URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Imported on Oct 5\, 2026\, 13 days before the event.
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Lecture: "\;Descendan ts"\; by John Durel \n
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Join us at Lloyd House for a seri es of lectures featuring local authors\, with the second featuring John W . Durel\, author of "\;Descendants\, The Divided Lineage of a Louisia na Creole Family."\; "\;Descendants"\; raises questions of ra cial identity\, interracial relationships\, and racism as experienced by eight generations of a Creole family living in New Orleans from the mid-e ighteenth into the twenty-first century. Each chapter relates stories of individuals whose lives were shaped by race in the context of the times i n which they lived\, revealing evolving attitudes\, behaviors\, and laws\ , with implications for our understanding of race in America today.\n
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Dr. Durel will present an overview of the book\, read excerpts\ , and lead a discussion of some of the surprising stories that surfaced t hrough his extensive historical and genealogical research. \n
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Born in Thibodaux\, Louisiana\, John Durel holds a PhD in American Hist ory from the University of New Hampshire. Following a career working in a nd consulting with museums nationwide and internationally\, in 2019 he re turned to his interest in historical research and writing. "\;Descend ants"\; is his first book.\n
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Location: Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St.\n
Fees: $15/$12 for Historic Alexandria Members a nd volunteers\n
Tags: Lecture\, Museums
\nPurchase Tickets online
\n X-COA-DTSTAMP:20260820T194321Z BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Lecture: "Descendants" by John Durel : Please visit website to confirm time\, location\, etc. DURATION:PT30M REPEAT:2 TRIGGER:-PT30M END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Book Discussion Group CATEGORIES:Lecture CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria CATEGORIES:Old Town DESCRIPTION:Imported on Oct 5\, 2026\, 41 days before the event.\nTo verif y info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx? si=63499\n\nJoin us at Lloyd House for a series of lectures featuring loc al authors\, with the third featuring Jonathan S. Jones\, author of Opium Slavery\, Civil War Veterans and America's First Opioid Crisis. \n\nDuri ng the Civil War\, the utility and widespread availability of opium and m orphine made opiates essential to wartime medicine. After the war ended\, thousands of ailing soldiers became addicted\, or "enslaved\," as ninete enth-century Americans phrased it. Veterans\, their families\, and commun ities struggled to cope with addiction's health and social consequences. Medical and government authorities compounded veterans' suffering and imb ued the epidemic with cultural meaning by branding addiction as a matter of moral weakness\, unmanliness\, or mental infirmity. Framing addiction as "opium slavery" limited the efficacy of care and left many veterans to suffer needlessly for decades after the war ended.\n\nDrawing from veter ans' firsthand accounts as well as mental asylum and hospital records\, g overnment and medical reports\, newspaper coverage of addiction\, and adv ertisements\, Jonathan S. Jones unearths the poorly understood stories of opiate-addicted Civil War veterans in unflinching detail\, illuminating the war's traumatic legacies. In doing so\, Jones provides critical histo rical context for the modern opioid crisis\, which bears tragic resemblan ce to that of the post-Civil War era.\n\nLocation: Lloyd House\, 220 N. W ashington St.\nFees: $15/$12 for Historic Alexandria Members and voluntee rs.\nTags: Book Discussion Group\, Lecture\, Museums\, Old & Historic Ale xandria\, Old Town\n\nWeb resources:\n\nPurchase Tickets online\nhttps:// shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx\n DTEND:20261115T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260820T193707Z DTSTART:20261115T200000Z GEO:38.807209;-77.046797 LOCATION:Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St. SEQUENCE:6 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Lecture: "Opium Slavery\, Civil War Veterans ..." TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:afe40fd3-cdc7-46f4-8d4c-2b96ba2102b1 URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Imported on Oct 5\, 2026\, 41 days before the event.
To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Cal endarTest/Detail.aspx?si=63499
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Join us at Lloyd House fo r a series of lectures featuring local authors\, with the third featuring Jonathan S. Jones\, author of Opium Slavery\, Civil War Veterans and Ame rica?s First Opioid Crisis. \n
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During the Civil War\, the ut ility and widespread availability of opium and morphine made opiates esse ntial to wartime medicine. After the war ended\, thousands of ailing sold iers became addicted\, or ?enslaved\,? as nineteenth-century Americans ph rased it. Veterans\, their families\, and communities struggled to cope w ith addiction?s health and social consequences. Medical and government au thorities compounded veterans'\; suffering and imbued the epidemic wit h cultural meaning by branding addiction as a matter of moral weakness\, unmanliness\, or mental infirmity. Framing addiction as ?opium slavery? l imited the efficacy of care and left many veterans to suffer needlessly f or decades after the war ended.\n
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Drawing from veterans'\ ; firsthand accounts as well as mental asylum and hospital records\, gove rnment and medical reports\, newspaper coverage of addiction\, and advert isements\, Jonathan S. Jones unearths the poorly understood stories of op iate-addicted Civil War veterans in unflinching detail\, illuminating the war?s traumatic legacies. In doing so\, Jones provides critical historic al context for the modern opioid crisis\, which bears tragic resemblance to that of the post?Civil War era.\n
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Location: Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St.\n
Fees: $15/$12 for Historic Alexandria Membe rs and volunteers.\n
Tags: Book Discussion Group\, Lecture\, Museums \, Old &\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town
\nPurchase Tickets online
\n X-COA-DTSTAMP:20260820T193707Z BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Lecture: "Opium Slavery\, Civil War Veterans ...": Please visi t website to confirm time\, location\, etc. DURATION:PT30M REPEAT:2 TRIGGER:-PT30M END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR