Alexandria and the Civil War: Pride and Shame in Black and White

As the nation embarks upon the 150th year since the war that saved the soul and the government of a nation born in revolution but built on slavery, Agenda:Alexandria’s February program offers a look into the past at what life was like for the people of that time. The panelists will present that story from an archaeological and personal perspective. We will receive a preview of a new book on Alexandria’s history and hear about what it was like to live and to survive that era.

 Panelists include:

Andy Evans, artist, performer and a member of a family that has been in Alexandria since before the city’s first incorporation in 1779.

Laura Trieschmann, Alexandria resident, achitectural historian and historic preservationist.

Ron Evans, a a seventh-generation Virginian with a life-long interest in history and railroads, who is a Civil War re-enactor and tour guide for Civil War sites in our area.

Lillian Stanton Patterson, native Alexandrian, past curator of the Alexandria Black History Museum and current curator of the Shiloh History Museum.

Special Guest, Barb Winters, Author, “Letters to Virginia”  Two of her books will be given as door prizes during the program.