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Old Alexandria and portrait of William Still

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Underground Railroad Walking Tour

All Alexandria Reads

2025-04-12 10:00:00 2025-04-12 11:30:00 America/New_York Underground Railroad Walking Tour Manumission Tour Company will lead a 90-minute walking tour along the King Street corridor incorporating stories from abolitionist William Still's 1872 book. Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library -

Saturday, April 12
10:00am - 11:30am

Add to Calendar 2025-04-12 10:00:00 2025-04-12 11:30:00 America/New_York Underground Railroad Walking Tour Manumission Tour Company will lead a 90-minute walking tour along the King Street corridor incorporating stories from abolitionist William Still's 1872 book. Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library -

Manumission Tour Company will lead a 90-minute walking tour along the King Street corridor incorporating stories from abolitionist William Still's 1872 book.

Beginning in front of the Kate Waller Barrett Branch, join us on a guided exploration of real life places that feature in Alexandria's involvement in The Underground Railroad

Manumission Tour Company

Founded in the spring of 2016, by John Taylor Chapman, a fourth generation Alexandrian and member of Alexandria City Council, Manumission Tour Company, LLC seeks to bring attention to the historical legacy of Africans and African Americans in Alexandria through curating guided cultural heritage tours.

All Alexandria Reads

Facilitated by the Alexandria Library, this program is designed to create shared experiences through reading. Everyone is invited to read the featured titles and selected books for younger readers. This year's theme is "adventure." 

Lithograph image taken from Alexandria by George Combs, Leslie Anderson and Julia M. Downie.

Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library

jcahill@alexlibraryva.org
Phone: 703.746.1703
Fax: 703.746.1708
Branch manager
James Cahill

Hours
Mon, Aug 25 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Aug 26 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Aug 27 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Aug 28 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Aug 29 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Aug 30 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Aug 31 1:00PM to 5:00PM

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: A11, A12, F19
  • 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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Thu, Sep 04, 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Tue, Sep 09, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
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Wed, Sep 10, 11:00am - 12:00pm
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