Special Announcements
From ARRT Website


HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GEORGE!


65th Annual Birthnight Supper and Ball
Hosted by the Neighborhood Friends of Mount Vernon
will be held on
Sunday, 9 February 2012 at 6:15 p.m.

The traditional gala, ‘black tie or military dress' event will take place at the Mount Vernon Inn Complex. Invitations have been mailed to members of Mount Vernon's Neighborhood Friends and a few others who had expressed interest. The event is intended to raise money to support designated projects that help preserve the estate grounds. To attend, one must submit a ‘response form' that accompanies the invitation. Electronic versions of these can be obtained by contacting the Director of Development at Mount Vernon: Mr. F. Anderson Morse, office phone is 703.799.8639, or andymorse@mountvernon.org . The invitation request states an R.s.v.p. by 3 February 2012. However, seating is limited, and prompt action is advisable if interested.



Admission is free to Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens
in honor of ‘President's Day'
Monday, 20 February 2012

Purchase of a ticket is not required. However, this ‘Free Day' is Mount Vernon's busiest of the year, and one can expect long lines at various venues on the grounds and at retail shops.



Washington's Birthday Events in Alexandria
Monday, 20 February 2012

Alexandria will kick off the largest parade celebrating the birth of George Washington in the USA. Other events will follow. See the website for Washington's Birthday events in Alexandria this year is at: http://www.washingtonbirthday.net/


Special Announcement


National Archives Benjamin Franklin Exhibition
"Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World"
Opens 10 February 2012
The exhibit explores the life of this enigmatic, creative genius. The exhibition is free and open to the public; it will be on display in the Lawrence F. O'Brien Gallery of the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, through 6 May 2012. More information is at: http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2012/nr12-23.html
Special Announcement


A Conference on the American Revolution
and
Tour of the Yorktown Battlefield,
23-25 March 2012
This impressive conference will be held at the Williamsburg Hospitality House in Williamsburg. On site registration and first presentation starts the evening of Friday [23 March]. Presentations will continue the full day [includes lunch] on Saturday [24 March], and conclude with an evening speaker-dinner program. On Sunday [25 March] there will be buss tour of Yorktown Battlefield [includes lunch]. The conference will include a number of prominent historians on the American Revolution.
To learn more go to this lengthy URL for the page describing the conference at: http://americashistoryllc.com/2012/01/a-conference-on-the-american-revolution-and-tour-of-yorktown-battlefield/
Special Announcement

‘The American Battlefield Protection Program

The American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) leads a federal partnership initiative to help communities identify, assess, and protect our nation's historic battlefields.

For more information visit: http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/
Special Announcement

The Anderson House Programs
Offered in the District of Columbia

The Anderson House, headquarters of The Society Of The Cincinnati, located on Massachusetts Avenue, NW, between 21st and 22nd streets, two blocks west of the Q Street exit of the Dupont Circle Metro stop (Red line) conducts several programs – noon time programs and concert series – open to the public. Events are announced at the Website http://www.societyofthecincinnati.org/public.htm

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Page posted 12 September 2006; revised 24 January 2010.