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Calendar of Events

December 13, 2008 – Booker T. Washington Book Club – 2:00 p.m.
Review a fictional story, March, by Geraldine Brooks.

January 10, 2009 – Booker T. Washington Book Club - 2:00 p.m.
Character Building by Booker T. Washington

February 7, 2009 - Follow the Drinking Gourd - 10:00 a.m.
Children can join a ranger to learn about the story of the drinking gourd and the meaning of freedom. An activity will follow the program.

February 14, 2009 – Booker T. Washington Book Club - 2:00 p.m. 
The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey by Marcus Garvey

February 28, 2009 - Art and Essay Contest Awards Reception  - 2:00 p.m.
Winners of the contest will receive their awards.

March 14, 2009 - Booker T. Washington Book Club - 2:00 p.m.
Southern Horrors and Other Writings; the Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B. Wells, 1892-1900 by Ida B. Wells

April 11, 2009 – Booker T. Washington Book Club - 2:00 p.m.
A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence in the Confederate States of America by Jubal Early

April 25, 2009 - National Junior Ranger Day

May 9, 2009 – Booker T. Washington Book Club - 2:00 p.m. 
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

June 20, 2009 - Juneteenth Gospel Music Celebration

July 25, 2009 - Living History Day

August 22, 2009 - Living History Day

September 26, 2009 - Public Lands Day

October 10, 2009 - Harvest Time Festival

December 5, 2009 - An Old Virginia Christmas

 
Fannie Sellins  

Did You Know?
Fannie Sellins, organizer for the United Mine Workers, was gunned down in Brackenridge on the eve of the Great Steel Strike in 1919. Look for her monument in the Union Cemetery along Freeport Road in Arnold- within the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area.

Last Updated: December 12, 2008 at 15:55 EST