Saturday, January 25, 2014

St. Elmo's to Host Living Legends Exhibition

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.
 

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