LaborFest IBEW Tour Benefits CSA
Tuesday, May 13, 2014(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
The IBEW Museum Tour this
Wednesday at 5:30p offers a very special
guided tour of the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers (IBEW) museum. The IBEW
museum – open only by appointment –
presents an interactive history of the IBEW
from its founding until today, tracing the
fascinating development of the electrical
industry over the last century through displays
of equipment used by members going back to the
1890’s, including a collection of lightbulbs
spanning more than a century. The LaborFest
event benefits the Metro Council’s Community
Services Agency’s Emergency Assistance Fund
($15/person; $25/couple; payment collected at
door; cash or check is fine), the tour will be
led by IBEW Museum Curator Curtis
Bateman. Click here to
RSVP.
Coming Up: Free
Tour of Ben Shahn WPA
Murals (Thursday at 12
noon)
The VOA’s Independence Avenue
lobby features historic murals from the New
Deal era, chiefly artist Ben Shahn’s “The
Meaning of Social Security.” Free but click here to
RSVP
VOA, 330 Independence
Avenue, S.W., Washington,
D.C.
- photo courtesy
IBEW