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Wednesday, May 16
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, 7:30 PM, Feast of Azamat at the Alexandria Bahá’í Center, 5400-B Eisenhower Ave.
Hosted by Simon Conn at 571-242-3721.
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SUNDAY CHILDREN’S CLASSES each Sunday, 10-12 AM at the Alexandria Bahá’í Center,
5400-B
Eisenhower Ave
. Call 917-392-0480 or 703-888-1590 for more information.
RUHI BOOK 3, every Monday in May, 7:30 pm at Talieh’s home. Please call Talieh at 917-392-0480 for
more information.
WEDNESDAY DEVOTIONS on 2, 9, 23, and 30 May at 7:30 pm at the Alexandria Bahá’í Center,
5400-B
Eisenhower Ave.
Call Badi’u’llah Vafaei-Saadi or Susan Bentler at 703-909-7709 for more information.
RUHI BOOK 5, every Thursday in May at 7:30 pm at the Alexandria Bahá'í Center. Facilitated by Bill Collins
and Andre Segovia. Please call Bill at 703-765-9115 for more information.
SATURDAY FIRESIDE on "Abdu'l - Baha: Walking the spiritual path with practical feet -- and you can too!” - Saturday, 5
May, 7:30 PM at the Alexandria Bahá’í Center, 5400-B Eisenhower Ave. Call Miriam Wiener at 703-683-3751 for more
information.
SUNDAY AT 11 AM, 27 May, An introduction to The Faith at the Alexandria Bahá’í Center annex room. Call
Nader Tamadon for more information at 571-213-0769.
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12th DAY OF RIDVAN Wednesday, May 2
nd
, Noon, at the Winkler Botanical Preserve, 5400
Roanoke Avenue off of Beauregard St.. Join us as we take a garden walk to commemorate the departure
of the Holy Family from Baghdad on their triumphant journey. We will recall how the Best Beloved
departed the city of Baghdad attired in majestic robes made by the hands of His Wife and Daughter.
Optional lunch at a local café is being planned, too. Call 703-370-1919 for more information.
A.L.I.V.E. Walkathon, Sunday, 6 May, 2-5 PM – Help support the Alexandria Assembly’s locally
supported charity, A.L.I.V.E., by joining in their annual Walkathon which ends in a picnic at their Child
Development Center at the First Christian Church just a couple hundred feet up the street from Miriam
Wiener's home. Detailed info on the Walkathon is at
https://app.etapestry.com/cart/Alive/default/categor y.php?ref=4603.0.17276979
or
www.alive-inc.org
.
REFLECTION MEETING, 19 May, 5:00 pm at the Alexandria Bahá'í Center, 5400-B Eisenhower Ave. This
Reflection begins Cycle 17 with an Expansion Phase. Dinner will be pot luck. C
all Anusce for more
information at 703-470-9954.
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DECLARATION OF THE BAB - Tuesday eve, 22 May beginning with a program and refreshments at
8:00 pm and culminating in the commemoration at 2 hours after sunset at the Alexandria Bahá’í Center,
5400-B Eisenhower Ave. Call
571-213-0769
for more information.
ASCENSION OF BAHA’U’LLAH - Tuesday MORNING, 29 May starting at 3:00 am culminating in the
commemoration at 4:00 am (time adjusted for daylight savings time, as instructed by the House of Justice) at
the Alexandria Bahá'í Center, 5400-B Eisenhower Ave. Call
571-213-0769
for more information.
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Centenary Information
(This info is much better and
interactive online at
www.dcbahai.org/centenary
).
Resource page for info related to the Centenary Commemoration of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Visit to D.C:.
A few events associated with the Centenary commemoration in Washington DC. Please
watch this page for updates!
1.
Centenary Commemoration of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s
Visit to D.C.
Centenary celebration of the visit to America of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, son of the Founder of the
Bahá’í Faith, Bahá’u’lláh.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Omni Shoreham Hotel
2500 Calvert Street NW (@ Connecticut Ave)
Washington, DC
The celebration of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s
several visits to Washington DC
in 1912 will be held
at the
Omni Shoreham Hotel
on Saturday, May 12, 2012 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. The
theme of the event will be focused on ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s vision of Race Unity.
More details can be found at the
Official Website.
Here is a nice locally written article
about these visits.
2. Also later on Saturday:
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Documenting ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in
America
Come to hear about
and see footage from a film currently in production:
Luminous Journey: ‘Abdu’l-Baha in America, 1912,
followed by a Q & A with the filmmakers
Tim & Anne Perry
Saturday, May 12, 7:30 pm
Alexandria Baha'i Center
5400B Eisenhower Ave. Alexandria, VA.
Front
entry
; parking on sides of building.
Directly east of the Van Dorn Metro Station (Blue Line).
Film Trailer:
www.LuminousJourney.org
You are welcome to bring a snack or dessert to share!
Contributions toward the film will be accepted.
3.
Centenary Tour of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Visit to
Washington D.C.
Centenary tour of the places associated with the visit to America of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, son of
the Founder of the Bahá’í Faith, Bahá’u’lláh.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Over 40 Sites Associated with the Visit of the Master to Washington
From Sunrise to Sunset
Washington, DC
Note that site #43 is in Alexandria at the St. Paul’s cemetery. Directions
are below via either the text description or via the map with the site
circled.
The tour of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s several visits to Washington DC in 1912 will include over 40
locations associated with the Master's visits on Sunday, May 13, 2012 from sunrise to
sunset. The highlight of the tour will be a public display of the DC Baha'i archive's items
associated with the visit of the Master to Washington 100 years ago, including the
recreation of a 1912 parlor using furniture used by 'Abdu'l-Baha.
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Beta of the Online Tour is up at
http://www.dcbahaitour.org/
! This is not the complete
tour and it is still being updated. The site is designed for mobile access and may not
render correctly on a desktop computer.
A NOTE ABOUT WALKING:
Participants are strongly encouraged to wear comfortable foot wear and bring plenty of
water, as May in Washington can already be hot and humid, and to visit every site would
take a great deal of athleticism. It is advised that individuals carefully plan which sites
they can visit according to their own capacities. Half of the sites are near Dupont Circle
in Washington DC and walking in that neighborhood would provide a good tour
experience with a minimum of exertion.
REGISTRATION: (Please note that this is a free event and there are no charges for
taking the tour) No registration is required for the tour, however, registration is required
for the Saturday commemoration.
Questions about the tour can be directed through the
Contact Us
form.
LOGISTICS:
A map will be mailed to everyone who registers for the Saturday event. Also the DC
Baha'i Center will have maps for anyone to pick up on Sunday beginning at 10 AM and
will be available for download here shortly. With the map in hand you can visit the
different address points and then look up the Audio number for that site, and any cell
phone can listen to an audio tour will provide a one minute description of each site,
which any cell phone can call.
For an enhanced experience any phone with a webbrowser, feature phones, android
phones, tablets, iOS phones with a data plan, can visit
http://www.dcbahaitour.org/
which will provide directions from whereever you are, to
any of the sites - by car, by foot or by metro instantaneously, dynamically. In addition
numerous photos and additional text will enhance the Audio experience at each site.
Finally, some of the sites, as will be indicated on the map and on the web application,
will have hosts available at specific times to welcome you to the location and help make
you feel at home. Also, certain sites will have specific hours when they will be open for
visitation. Please note it is a Sunday, and if you visit a house of worship, be respectful of
the services ongoing.
See the very inspiring video of a smaller version of past tours here!
#43 in Alexandria
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Alternative directions: Welcome to St. Paul' Cemetery, past 1500 Wilkes Street turn south onto
Hamilton Lane marked by the sign "Presbyterian Cemetery" and "St. Paul's Cemetery", and proceed
down the lane until you see "St. Paul's Cemetery" again close to the end of the lane on the eastern side
(You will have gone too far down Wilkes if you reach the National Cemetery). Upon entering you will
look for the tall iron fenced plot with a stauesque stone angel to serve as a visual marker to find the
gravesite visited by the Master in November 1912 of Julius Adolph De Lagnel who was the recently
(June 3 1912) husband of Mrs. J. C. de Lagnel a DC Baha'i community member. Since the Master's
visit Mrs. J. C. De Lagnel has also passed on and is burried alongside the spot visited by the Master
with a beautiful testionmy to her Faith inscribed upon her grand grave stone. The November visit was
made in a Carriage along with Mr. Charles Mason Remey, Mrs. Nliza A. Duffield and Mrs. Caludei
Stuart Coles. Mr. De Lagnel was a US Army officer beginning in 1847, and joined civil war on the
side of the enslavers, and after the war ran a pacific Steamship service. No doubt Mrs. J. C. de Lagnel
was one of the students of Mirza Abu'l-Fad'l as upon his passing she held a memorial in her spacious
parlor filled with the Baha'is of Washington DC. St. Paul's Cemetery itself was built in 1817 located at
228 South Pitt Street in Alexandria.
Building's 1912 Continuity: Grave remains as 'Abdu'l-Baha visited it.
Metro Stop: King Street Metro on the Yellow and Blue Lines, head south east toward Diagonal Road,
and turn right onto Reinekers Lane reach Duke street in 0.1 miles. Head east along Duke street for 0.3
miles reaching South Payne Street. Turn south on Payne Street reaching Wilkes Street in 0.2 miles.
Then Proceed along Wilkes street per the instructions above to Hamilton Lane.
Open: Open Cemetery
Parking: On Howard Lane just outside of the cemetery
Food: By the Metro Station there are numerous eateries.
Audio Tour Information
202-715-1827, #43