Alexandria Historical Society Lecture

Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 7:30 pm
The Lyceum, 201 South Washington Street, Alexandria, Virginia

ALEXANDRIA AT WAR: STAR OF THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH
By Kim Holien

Alexandria felt the first sudden shock of the war on May 24, 1861! Her sons left and served the Confederacy and those at home had four years of occupation to endure. The war transformed Alexandria as it became a hospital and quartermaster center of the Union war effort in Virginia. It was filled with spies of the blue and gray, with Mosby and his famed Rangers & Colonel Ellsworth and his Zouaves. There was a Navy fort in Alexandria as well as the prototype for Air Force One. The west end of Alexandria will also be included in this talk even though it was then part of Fairfax County.
 
Kim Holien has been a resident of Alexandria's 'West End' since 1953 and is a 1966 graduate of Hammond High School. A professional Army historian with 39 years experience, he is currently the historian for Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall consisting of Ft Myer, Va., Henderson Hall, Va., and Ft McNair, DC. Mr. Holien is the author of Battle at Ball's Bluff (1996) and the forthcoming Manassas: The First Battle. Kim participated in the Civil War Centennial, narrated the 125th Anniversary reenactments and is currently on the Board of Directors of the Lincoln at the Crossroads Alliance for the Sesquicentennial.

This event is free and open to the public.  No reservations are required.  Seating is on a first come, first seated basis.  The capacity of the hall is 120.