St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub, 2300 Mount Vernon Avenue,
will host an exhibition of Living Legends of Alexandria: African American Activists for Black History
Month. The
exhibition features 13 African Americans who have been chronicled as part of the
Living Legends of Alexandria project from 2007-2013: Ferdinand Day, Lillie
Finklea, Carlton Funn Sr., Eula Miller, Melvin Miller, Bert Ransom, Nelson
Greene Sr., Lynnwood Campbell, Lillian Patterson, Gwen Menefee-Smith, Dorothy
Turner, Willie Bailey Sr. and Rosa Byrd. St. Elmo’s is offering free coffee for the
opening of the exhibition on Saturday, February 1st from 3-4 p.m. Living Legends of Alexandria (www.AlexandriaLegends.com) is an ongoing,
not-for-profit photo-documentary project to identify, honor and chronicle the
people making current history in Alexandria. For information about the
exhibition, contact Legends@AlexandriaLegends.com.
