Gum Springs Founders Day Dinner

Join the Gum Springs Historical Society and Museum and the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, for an enchanting evening as we celebrate the Founder, and Early Community Leaders of the Historic Community of Gum Springs, Fairfax County, Virginia circa1833. Gum Springs is the oldest Historically African American Community in Fairfax County.

The Founders Day Dinner will be Saturday, November 19, 6:00 - 9:00 pm, at historic George Washington's Mount Vernon.

We have invited two special guest speakers and are waiting to confirm their attendance. These special guests are  Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Professor of African American History, Harvard University; and Dr. Cornell West, The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at Union Theological Seminary.

There will be live music by Charles Rahmat Woods Jazz Trio , a silent action and dinner all in the Ford Orientation Center at historic Mount Vernon. 

 

For more information or to buy tickets contact the event co-chairs David Barr and Ron Chase at gshsfcva@gmail.com or 703-799-1198.