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Library Week: June 22 - June 28

LAM 14th Amendment Final Logo 

Citizenship and Equal Rights. This amendment set out the definitions and rights of citizenship in the United States.  The first clause asserted that all people born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the United States and of the state in which they live.  It also confirmed the right to due process, life, liberty, and property.  This overturned the Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) Supreme Court ruling that stated that Black people were not eligible for citizenship.


Tuesday, June 25:


Kids on the Green, Storytime and more!  
10 a.m. - Vienna Town Green
Storytime led by Holy Comforter Preschool and Vienna Baptist Children's Center followed by a performance by Mark H Rooney- Taiko: Japanese Drumming. 

Wednesday, June 26:


Liberty and the Press:  A Panel on the Role of Regional Black Newspapers and Columns from Emancipation through the Civil Rights Era and Beyond
6:30 p.m. at the Vienna Community Center, Seeman Auditorium

6:30-8 p.m. at the Vienna Community Center

The panel will take the form of a conversation between current Black journalists and two local historians on the wide variety of media directed to Black readers in Northern Virginia, their content, and their impact.  

Learn how these newspapers and columns arose and how they served (and still now serve) to cover omissions from the broader, often white-centric media. 

We will also learn how archives of these publications assist modern historians, genealogists, and others.

Historians: 

Georgia J. Brown, Historic Records Manager, Fairfax Circuit Court 

George D. Oberle III, PhD MLS, Director, Center for Mason Legacies, George Mason University

Journalists: 

Theodore R. Johnson, Contributing Columnist, Washington Post

Alexis Taylor, Managing Editor, AFRO News

Registration is encouraged, but not required for this event. Register here.

Presented by Fairfax County Public Libraries.

 

CANCELLED due to low enrollment

*Trip* “DC Fights for Freedom” at the Textile Museum

9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Registration and trip fee required. Register using Activity # 141562-A1. Register here. 

 

Friday, June 28:


Liberty Amendments Month Children’s Readers Theatre and Summer on the Green Concert with U.S. Army Band Swamp Romp

5:45 p.m. at the Vienna Town Green

Come spend some time with known Freedom Fighters as they share their inspirational stories and life’s work in the fight for anti-slavery, equal rights, citizenship, and voting rights. Young people will read biographies with the purpose of educating, inspiring and developing compassion for the struggle that took place in the reach for “Freedom and Justice for All.”  The Children’s Readers Theatre will be followed by a Summer Concert with the U.S. Army Jazz Band Swamp Romp.

Presented by the Vienna Baha’i Community.

 

14th Amendment Ongoing Events:
Enjoy these virtual and in-person events celebrating the 14th Amendment:

 

Museum Exhibit on the 14th Amendment On display at the Freeman Store and Museum and the Vienna Community Center during open hours.  Presented by Historic Vienna, Inc.
 

14th Amendment Flash Card Quiz Available outside the Freeman Store and Museum and the Vienna Community Center. Presented by Historic Vienna, Inc.
 

Liberty Amendments Learning Tour - new signs placed at the Vienna Community Center and Freeman Store and Museum each week!  Learn about people who had a direct connection with creating the amendments or who benefited from the amendments.  Share your photos on social using #LibertyAmendments and tagging @TownofViennaVA.  Presented by Historic Vienna, Inc.
 

African American Historic Sites Tour of Vienna A self-guided tour of contributions of Vienna’s African Americans from 1867 to 2006 compiled by longtime residents Sylvia Taylor and Gloria Runyon.  Click here to plan and take your tour.  Presented by Historic Vienna, Inc.
 

Vienna Optimist's Farmers Market - 
Saturday, June 24, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. at the Vienna Community Center  
Music, Informative Displays and giveaways on the 14th Amendment. 
 
Body Grace Fitness Class and 14th Amendment Event 
Wednesday, June 26 at 5 p.m. at Body Grace Fitness
Free weekly fitness classes and events in honor of Liberty Amendments Month