CULTURAL PROGRAM
 

A Word from the Cultural Tours & Festivals Subchair
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Welcome to our Cultural Tours and Festivals Program. We plan to bring you an assortment of carefully planned cultural events, tours, and festivals. They range from guided walking tours, visits to historical houses and places, viewings of art exhibits, attending cultural lectures, outings to local festivals, and cultural happenings in this area or other cities.

You are always welcome to suggest or arrange and lead an activity.

Cultural Tours Schedule
DATES EVENT LOCATION LEADER PHONE PRICE
Sunday, September 07, 2008 Treasures of Afghanistan National Gallery of Art  Chris Luckman   (301) 589-2564
cluckman@earthlink.net 		  Free/
GFree 
Friday, September 12, 2008 Who Won the Civil War? Slavery, Causes, Consequences, and Steps toward Reconstruction Walk tour begins at Washington Monument  Terri Kitcoff   (847) 687-4632
tkitcoff@yahoo.com 		  Free/
GFree 
Saturday, September 13, 2008 History of the Mall: Explore the History of America's Front Yard guided Park Service bike tour begins at Jefferson Memorial, Washington  Terri Kitcoff   (847) 687-4632
tkitcoff@yahoo.com 		  Free/
GFree 
Sunday, September 14, 2008 Purple Hearts - Memories Brought to the Wall Park Service guided walk Vietnam Veterans Memorial  Karen Tyner   (703) 494-0348
culturalkt@verizon.net 		  Free/
GFree 
Sunday, September 21, 2008 Off the Beaten Path - Planes, Trains, Automobiles...and Canals? guided Park Service bike tour begins at Jefferson Memorial, Washington  David Dick   (703) 919-1462
davidjdick2000@yahoo.com 		  Free/
GFree 
Saturday, September 27, 2008 History of the Mall, Untold Stories of WWII guided Park Service bike tour begins at Jefferson Memorial, Washington  David Dick   (703) 919-1462
davidjdick2000@yahoo.com 		  Free/
GFree 
Saturday, October 04, 2008 Mount Vernon Fall Wine Festival & Sunset Tour east lawn of Mount Vernon Estate  Karen Tyner   (703) 494-0348
culturalkt@verizon.net 		  $33/
G$38 
*G indicates guest prices
Treasures of Afghanistan

Date & Time: Sunday, September 7 at 11:30AM
Cost: Free
Leader: Chris Luckman, cluckman@earthlink.net
Location: National Gallery of Art, East Building

At 11:30AM we will watch a short National Geographic documentary film narrated by celebrated Afghan-American author, Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, which features footage of the recovery of collections from the National Museum, Kabul, that had been hidden in the vaults of the Central Bank in the presidential palace. Following the film and lunch we'll tour the exhibit with explores the cultural significance of the treasures and illustrates the story of their discovery, excavation, and heroic rescue.

RSVP by e-mail to the leader 5PM on Friday, September 5 to receive event details.


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