BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:30919@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230419T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230419T190000 DTSTAMP:20230419T163249Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/wandering-bostons-little-syria/ SUMMARY:Wandering Boston's Little Syria DESCRIPTION:HYBRID\n\nBOSTON\, ONLINE\n\n \;\n\n\nThis is a hybrid even t. FREE. The in-person reception starts at 5:30 and the program will be gin at 6:00.\n\nRegister to attend online\n\nRegister to attend in person\ n\nBoston’s Little Syria thrived between the 1880s and 1950s in today’ s Chinatown and South End\, yet few Bostonians are familiar with it. Drawi ng from photographs\, property maps\, interviews\, and memoirs of Syrian a nd Lebanese Americans\, this event and accompanying exhibition narrate the history of a neighborhood which is nearly invisible today. Immigrants f led blight and violence in Beirut\, Mount Lebanon\, and Damascus to arrive in Boston\, where they peddled dry goods\, made\, and sold lace\, labored in the Garment District\, purchased apartments\, opened restaurants and A rabic-language newspapers\, attended church\, and formed social clubs and charitable organizations. Residents of Little Syria lived\, studied\, and worked with neighbors of many backgrounds\, notably fighting alongside Chi nese Americans to protect their homes in the face of Boston’s Central Ar tery Project and urban renewal in the 1950s. The event will feature a mult imedia presentation on the neighborhood’s history and a moderated discus sion with panelists who will recount their families’ experiences in Litt le Syria and discuss how the community continues to thrive in other neighb orhoods of Greater Boston.\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/04/Screen-Shot-2023-04-19-at-12.29.55.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR