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Black Family Reunion
2024-09-14 11:00:00 2024-09-14 15:00:00 America/New_York Black Family Reunion The second-annual event reconnecting with each other, preserving our past, and strengthening our community. Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library - Outdoors

Saturday, September 14
11:00am - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-09-14 11:00:00 2024-09-14 15:00:00 America/New_York Black Family Reunion The second-annual event reconnecting with each other, preserving our past, and strengthening our community. Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library - Outdoors

The second-annual event reconnecting with each other, preserving our past, and strengthening our community.

Alexandria Library is hosting its second annual Black Family Reunion on Saturday, September 14, 2024. The event, at the Barrett Branch Library in Old Town, aims to bring neighborhoods together and help fill gaps in the documented history of Alexandria’s African American community.

African American families are invited to bring documents and images to be scanned and added to the Library’s Local History/Special Collections archive and preserved as part of the City’s historical record.

The event will feature music, games, food trucks, and more. Guests who bring a picture of people or places that have to do with Alexandria's black neighborhoods will receive a ticket for a free meal and dessert.

More information about donating can be found at alexlibraryva.org/black-family-reunion.

AGE GROUP: | All Ages |

EVENT TYPE: | Special Event | Local History | Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion |

TAGS: | reunion | local history | black history | black family reunion | archives | #1939SitIn |

Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library
jcahill@alexlibraryva.org
Phone: 703.746.1703
Fax: 703.746.1708
Hours
Mon, Dec 16 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Dec 17 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Dec 18 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Dec 19 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Dec 20 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Dec 21 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Dec 22 1:00PM to 5:00PM
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About the branch

Parking: No library parking lot.  Street parking is available.  A paid parking lot is available on the 100 block of North Alfred Street. 

Public Transit:

  • Metrorail: Yellow and Blue lines at Braddock Road (1 mile) and King Street Stations (1.1 miles). 
  • Metrobus: 10A/B, 11C
  • DASH Bus: 30, 31, Old Town Circulator
  • King Street Trolley:  King & Columbus

For reasonable disability accommodation, contact jgregorio@alexlibraryva.org or call 703.746.1701 or TTY 703.746.1790.

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Don't spend money on more wrapping paper! Create beautifully wrapped gifts that will marvel your loved ones and spare the Earth. Pick up a kit at the Barrett Branch beginning December 2.
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Sat, Dec 21, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Come play Dungeons & Dragons. No experience necessary. Open to ages 8-13.
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Thu, Dec 26, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
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