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Heritage Week Poster

“Preserving our Past”
Heritage Week 2008
May 1-4

Thursday, May 1

Luncheon/Speaker at Northriver Yacht Club, Grand Salon
Speaker:  Jeff Mansell, Executive Director
Roslyn Landmark Society, Roslyn, New York
“Mansions, Monuments and Mausoleums:
Historic Preservation on Long Island’s North Shore.”
11:30 Social
12:00 Lunch/Program
Cost - $25

Friday, May 2

Spirits Soiree
……New Orleans Jazz Wake
Celebrating the Spirits of the Past
Dress as your Favorite Dearly Departed
or in Basic Bereavement Black
Location:  6500 Waterfront Dr.
Crown Pointe
Delores and Weldon Cole
Time 6:30 p.m.
Cost - $40 per person/$75 per couple

Saturday, May 3

Historic Home Tour
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Cost $10.00

Structures on tour:
President’s Mansion
UA Chancellor’s Guest House (Pinehurst)
Gorgas House
Somerville-Little-Hale House (Queen City Avenue)
St. John’s Catholic Church
Battle-Friedman House
Old Tavern Museum
Murphy African-American Museum

TrolleyCemetery Tour 
(Greenwood and Evergreen Cemeteries)
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Cost $10.00

Lunch at the University Club
Cost $15.00

All three events – Cemetery tour, Home tour and Lunch
Cost $30.00
Student Cost $20.00 (with student I.D.)

Sunday, May 4

Presentation of the Tuscaloosa Belles
Battle-Friedman House
4:00 p.m.

Reception following

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