Please join us via webinar for our next free Department of the Interior Library Park Ranger Speaker Series lecture, entitled "The Latin American Monuments on Virginia Avenue" on Tuesday, September 19th from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm ET.
Washington, DC's Virginia Avenue, NW has also become known as the "Avenue of the Liberators." Grand memorials celebrate those who freed Latin America from Spanish colonial rule as well as others who continued the fight for liberty long after independence. Monuments along Virginia Avenue honor men like Simon Bolivar of Venezuela, Jose de San Martin of Argentina, and Jose Gervasio Artigas of Uruguay, who each led revolts that toppled Spain over the first three decades of the 19th century. From these struggles emerged a number of new nations in the Americas and a new call for freedom that would affect world history in significant ways. Some of these impacts include the acceleration of the onset of the American Civil War and the emergence of the decolonization movement around the world. We invite you to join Park Ranger Michael Balis as he discusses the Latin American Monuments found along Virginia Avenue. He will examine the impact of the men these monuments were built to honor and look at why they were erected along this particular corridor in Washington, DC.
All that are interested are invited. Please go to the following link to request webinar registration information:
You may contact the Library by phone at (202) 208-5815 or by e-mail at library@ios.doi.gov for more information about this program. For more information about DOI Library resources and services, please visit the DOI Library's website, located at http://www.doi.gov/library.
We hope you can join virtually on September 19th!
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George Franchois
Director - U.S. Dept. of the Interior Library
Office of the Secretary - Office of Facilities and Administrative Services (OFAS)
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