I'd totally be interested in this but won't be in DC in May.

Perhaps some of you would be interested. :)

Cheers Katie

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kathleen Danielson kldaniel@gwmail.gwu.edu Date: Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 10:09 AM Subject: [MappingDC] Fwd: LOC: Two Centuries of Mapping Washington, D.C., May 18-19 To: mappingdc@googlegroups.com

Hey guys--

I'm new to this group, but just based on the group name it sounds like a few of you might be interested in this.

Cheers, KD

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marie Price mprice@gwu.edu Date: Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:23 AM Subject: Fwd: LOC: Two Centuries of Mapping Washington, D.C., May 18-19 To: GEOGRAPHY@hermes.gwu.edu

For those of you who love maps and Washington DC, this looks like a great event at the Library of Congress.

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Genevieve Parente genevieve.parente@gmail.com Date: Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:47 PM Subject: Fwd: LOC: Two Centuries of Mapping Washington, D.C., May 18-19 To: mprice@gwu.edu

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*Hi Marie! Maybe someone will find this interesting.*

*Best,*

*Genevieve*

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*Library of Congress Conference to Address* *Two Centuries of Mapping Washington, D.C., May 18-19*****

*Presented by the Geography and Map Division and the Philip Lee Phillips Society* ****

*WHAT: * "Visualizing the Nation’s Capital: Two Centuries of Mapping Washington, D.C.,” the first conference devoted to mapping the nation’s capital, covering the period from Pierre-Charles L’Enfant’s 1791 Plan of the City of Washington to the present.****

*WHEN:* *9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 18, *with a reception from 5:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m., and *9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 19*, with tours of the Geography and Map Division from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.****

The conference is free and open to the public. Reservations are needed; contact *specialevents@loc.gov* or call 202-707-1616.****

*WHERE: * Friday’s session from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. will be in the Coolidge Auditorium followed by a reception in Room 119, both located in the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington.****

Saturday’s session from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. will be in the Mumford Room and the tours from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. will be in the Geography and Map Reading Room, both located in the James Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C.****

*WHO: * Participants include historians, archaeologists, building and landscape architects, urban planners, cartographers, geographers, land surveyors, Library of Congress specialists and Anthony Williams, the former mayor of Washington, D.C.****

The conference is presented by the Library and the Philip Lee Phillips Society, which was established in 1995 as an association of collectors, geographers, historians and map enthusiasts, with a shared interest in supporting and promoting the programs and activities of the Library’s Geography and Map Division.****

More information on the conference presentations is available at * www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/*.****

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