[NFBV-Alexandria] FW: City of Alexandria Welcomes Back Tall Ship “El Galeón,” May 25-29

[BrianMiller]

Hello again fellow chapter members!

 

It looks like the weather will hold until the early afternoon, so I think our 11am tour should be safe from the deluge. Let’s plan to meet at the ticket booth or wherever precisely it is one buys the tickets to get on to the ship about 10:50 so we can all go in together. 

 

The free Jazz Festival from 1:00-5:00pm has been moved indoors, however, to the Nannie J. Lee center on Jefferson St. 

 

Thanks!

 

Brian M

 

 

From: Alexandria eNews [mailto:conf-1374893485 at everbridge.net] 
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 1:54 PM
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Subject: City of Alexandria Welcomes Back Tall Ship “El Galeón,” May 25-29

 


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City of Alexandria Welcomes Back Tall Ship “El Galeón,” May 25-29

 

For Immediate Release: May 15, 2017

 

The City of Alexandria Marina will once again be the scene of living history as “El Galeón,” an authentic replica of a 16th-century Spanish Galleon, returns from Thursday, May 25, through Monday, May 29, following an enormously popular visit in October 2016. Galleons, used by the Spanish Crown for maritime expeditions from the 16th to 18th centuries, were fabled merchant vessels and war ships that made up the early navies of Europe.

 

El Galeón, commissioned by the Nao Victoria Foundation, was launched in 2009. The 500-ton, 160-foot long vessel has a 32-foot beam and its four masts hold six sails that measure nearly 11,000 square feet. Converted into a floating museum, five of the vessel’s six decks are available for tours. The vessel carries an all-Spanish crew that lives and breathes the history of the ship and its travels from port to port and in the open sea.

 

The ship will be docked at the City Marina (0 Cameron St.) and will be available for tours from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 5-12, and free for children under age 5.  The public is encouraged to post photos with the social media hashtag #ElGaleonALX.

 

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit  <http://www.VisitAlexandriaVA.com/el-galeon> www.VisitAlexandriaVA.com/el-galeon.

 

For media inquiries, contact Andrea J. Blackford, Senior Communications Officer, at  <mailto:andrea.blackford at alexandriava.gov> andrea.blackford at alexandriava.gov or 703.746.3959.

 

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This news release is available at www.alexandriava.gov/97801.



 

 


 


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