The Fight for Freedom at L'Ouverture Hospital

614 Oronoco Street,Alexandria VA 22314

25 March, 2022

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Learn the inspiring stories of the patients and staff at L'Ouverture Hospital and their individual and collective fight for freedom. Join historian Amanda Roper on Friday, March 25 at 6:00 PM for her talk "The Fight for Freedom at L'Ouverture Hospital." During the Civil War, L'Ouverture Hospital was established to treat soldiers of the United States Colored Troops as well as African American civilians who had liberated themselves from slavery. Learn the inspiring stories of those who both worked and were treated in the hospital and their individual and collective fight for freedom. Due to limited space, advance registration is required and is $5 per person. This talk is the last in a series of lectures hosted by the Lee-Fendall House Museum in March which will explore different aspects of the Civil War and its impact on Alexandria, Virginia. March 4 - "Civil War Nurses of Alexandria" March 11 - "Julia Wilbur and Harriet Jacobs: Aid Workers and Allies in Civil War Alexandria” March 18 - "The American Civil War's Impact on Modern Medicine" March 25 - "The Fight for Freedom at L'Ouverture Hospital" Amanda Roper is currently Manager of Interpretation at the Lee-Fendall House Museum in Alexandria, Virginia. Amanda’s work as a public historian is driven by a belief in history’s relevance and the power it has to shape us as individuals, communities, and as a nation. Over the past decade, Amanda has helped to interpret a more inclusive American narrative at places like McLeod Plantation Historic Site, the National Mall, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture. She holds a degree in history from the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. The Lee-Fendall House is a showcase of American history from three different centuries. Since its construction in 1785, the house has served as home to thirty-seven members of the Lee family, hundreds of convalescing Union soldiers during the American Civil War, and one of our nation’s most controversial and significant 20th century labor leaders, John L. Lewis.