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April 2021

Tudor Explorers: Garden Detectives

April 20 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Virtual

Students become digital garden detectives as they virtually explore 5 1/2 acres of an historic garden in search of plants, animals and other wildlife.

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May 2021

Free Landmark Lecture: Georgetown Garden Club — Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

May 11 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Virtual
sunrise in a knot garden of boxwood and roses

A panel of Georgetown Garden Club members will discuss the history of the garden club movement and the Georgetown Garden Club.

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Tudor Explorers: Storytime in the Garden: Pollinators

May 12 @ 10:00 am
Virtual

Students enjoy an interactive storytime, then observe a variety of plants, flowers and wildlife.

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Tudor Nights: A Decade of Digging

May 20 @ 6:30 pm - 7:15 pm
Virtual

Find out how archaeology at Tudor Place is helping to bring the forgotten past to life with Dr. Kerri S. Barile and Joseph Blondino from Dovetail Cultural Resource Group.

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June 2021

Free Landmark Lecture: Town of Wounds, Sickness and Death: Georgetown’s Civil War Hospitals

June 15 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Virtual
Union officers at the door of Seminary Hospital 1865Library of Congress

Executive Director Mark Hudson will share observations of Civil War hospitals and examine Tudor Place’s role.

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July 2021

Civil War in Washington Teacher Institute (Virtual)

July 11 - July 16
Virtual
civil war era building in DC

Open to teachers K-12, this week-long virtual institute provides educators with the tools to grapple with the complex history of enslavement and emancipation.

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September 2021

Free Landmark Lecture: Women and Slavery in Georgetown

September 21 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Virtual
Names of enslaved people in an 1803 ledgerGeorgetown University Archives

Elsa Mendoza, Georgetown Slavery Archive, will examine women's unique roles in the history of slavery in Georgetown and its namesake university.

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October 2021

Free Landmark Lecture: Oak Hill Cemetery

October 19 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Virtual
Renwick Chapel at Oak Hill CemeteryOak Hill Cemetery

George G. Hill, President of Oak Hill Cemetery, will discuss the unique elements of the cemetery.

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November 2021

Free Landmark Lecture: The Peabody Room Collection: Three Centuries of Georgetown Art

November 16 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Virtual
oil portraits of two womenGeorgetown Neighborhood Library

Join Special Collections Librarian Jerry A. McCoy on a tour of the Georgetown residents and landscapes depicted in these artworks, and the stories behind them.

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