- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Garden Work Day
ORGANIZATION: Lee-Fendall House Museum
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
The Lee-Fendall House Museum & Garden will hold a volunteer work day on Saturday, April 6. Sample tasks to be done include weeding, trimming, mulching, pruning, deadheading, mowing and edging the lawn, and watering all plants and trees. Some experience with gardening is preferred. Some garden tools will be provided, but volunteers are encouraged to bring their own. Work gloves and appropriate attire for working outside are highly recommended.
Service groups: please note that the museum will need at most 15 volunteers for this project.
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About Lee-Fendall House Museum
Location:
614 ORONOCO ST, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314, US
Mission Statement
The Lee-Fendall House Museum & Garden interprets American history through the experiences of those who lived and worked on the property from 1785 to 1969. As an educational center, the museum preserves its historic resources to promote community engagement about the relevance of the past to our present.
Description
The Lee-Fendall House, located in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, is a showcase of American history. Since its construction in 1785, the house has served as home to several generations of the Lee family (1785-1903), hundreds of convalescing Union soldiers during the American Civil War (1863-1865), the locally prominent Downham family (1903-1937), and one of our nation’s most controversial and significant labor leaders, John L. Lewis (1937-1969). Throughout its history, the home was also lived and worked in by generations of enslaved and free African Americans.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Lee-Fendall House Museum & Garden614 Oronoco St.Alexandria, VA 22314
DATE POSTED
March 22, 2019
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Volunteers should be physically able to work outside and perform basic gardening tasks: knelling, standing, lifting, pushing, pulling. Volunteers under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.