ASQ Section 0511 July 2025 Meeting Announcement
Saturday, 19 July 2025
Ward Museum & Historic Site: Ranger Outing Event
4301 West Braddock Road, Alexandria, VA 22304
Event Organized by
Edwin Videla
ASQ Section 0511 Arrangements Chair and Ranger Outings Lead
Short Description:
ASQ Section 0511 is pleased to have arranged for an approximate one hour and a half a ranger-led tour of Fort Ward Museum & Historic Site at Alexandria, VA. Please arrive at 10:15 am to organize tour groups. The tour will be at 10:30 am. Space limitations provide for a maximum of eighteen (18) participants per pre-reserved guide, so reserve your spot while you can!
- Participation will require driving to the location and spending time there comparable in duration to regular ASQ meetings plus meal time if you participate in the networking meal.
- This is an educational event. Participation in the tour provides 0.15 RU. Participation in the Networking Lunch provides 0.1 RU for a total of 0.25 RU earned when joining us for both. Participation in the tour is required to get RU for the Networking Lunch.
- This July 2025 Preparatory Review consists of two (2) parts, each about 30 minutes and each carrying 0.05 RU award, for the total of 0.1 RU. For more details see Optional Preparatory Review Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site section below.
- Each participant and guest must register
- If you have not successfully paid, your registration is invalid.
REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT:
Standard Registration is now open. There are 18 slots available. The cost is $25 per person. A guest can be added by selecting 2 for the count. Regular Registration will be open until Sunday July 13, 2025 @ 11:59 pm. Beginning July 14 and until Friday, July 18, 2025 @ 11:59 pm or when we run out of slots there will be a non-reimbursable $5 late fee.
Scroll all the way through to ensure you are completing all the information for each registration. Your registration will be reimbursed (attendance will be recorded) after the event as follows:
· Tour Participation
o ASQ Section 0511 Paid Member - $10
o Anyone else - $5
· Networking Lunch Participation
o ASQ Section 0511 Paid Member - $10
o Anyone else - $5
Anyone NOT registered WHO SHOWS UP for this ASQ event (for example, as a guest of someone who has registered) will be accommodated only if there is an ability to do so.
No guarantees of such accommodation should be expected; thus, it is important that you register both yourself and your guest.
Overall, you can attend a different tour, but you will have to arrange ticketing yourself, and it will be a tour not associated with this ASQ Section 0511 Ranger Outing event with no RUs awarded.
PROGRAM:
10:15 am-10:25 am.- Arrival, check in, in or near the front entrance at the Museum building. Meet Edwin, he is expected to meet you wearing the ASQ Sash.
10:30 am-11:30 am.- Tour includes fort and Museum. Tour will start on time and will not wait for late arrivals.
11:30 am-12:00 pm.- A short drive to Silver Diner 8-9 minutes. (4630 King St Unit A3, Alexandria, VA 22302)
12:00 pm-1:00 pm.- ASQ Section 0511 Networking Meal. You will pay for your own meal that is to your liking in size, content, and cost. For more details about lunch see Networking Lunch after Tour section below.
ABOUT THE VENUE:
Website: https://www.alexandriava.gov/FortWard
The Venue: Construction of Fort Ward began in July 1861, immediately after the Union Army's defeat at the Battle of First Bull Run (First Manassas). The fort was completed in September 1861 and was named for Commander James H. Ward, the first Union naval officer to die in the Civil War. The initial earthwork fort had a perimeter of 540 yards and emplacements for 24 guns. After the Battle of Second Bull Run, Fort Ward was scheduled for rebuilding beginning in 1863. When the war ended in April 1865, the enlarged fort had a perimeter of 818 yards and emplacements for 36 guns. Throughout the Civil War Fort Ward served as a deterrent and never came under Confederate attack. It was abandoned in December 1865, and salvageable materials were sold at auction.
Tour: The 1 tour includes walking the restored fort and museum
Ranger: This tour will be led by a guide provided by the fort.
Maps:
Fort Ward Museum & Historic Site
4301 West Braddock Road, Alexandria, VA 22304
Parking:
The museum is located within a 45‑acre park and provides free parking for both cars and buses directly on-site. There are two main lots: (1) One immediately on your right upon entering the park. (2) A second lot situated behind the museum. Both lots are located on the west side of Fort Ward Park, adjacent to the Civil War Museum. Convenient, clean restrooms are near the second lot, down toward the playground area.
Optional Preparatory Review
This Optional Preparatory Review is for the July 2025 Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site Ranger Outing.
Summary: The Optional Preparatory Review is an educational add-on to the main event that you may complete if you so choose.
· Completing and certifying its completion grants you additional RU credits atop of the RU credit you have earned by attending the Section's event.
· This July 2025 Preparatory Review consists of two (2) parts, each about 30 minutes and each carrying 0.05 RU award, for the total of 0.1 RU.
o Part 1 is "Overview and Historic Site", which includes the Fort Ward web page, booklet file, and a video.
o Part 2 is "Fort Ward Museum", which is a video only.
· You many complete any one part or both parts.
o You may certify only those parts which you have actually completed.
o You will be awarded RUs according to what you have certified.
· How to Complete and Certify the Completion of the Preparatory Review
1. Complete all activities of Part 1, Part 2, or both noted in the Preparatory Review Activities.
2. When you register for the event, check off one or both of the following mark, but only those that you have actually completed:
o "I certify that I have completed all activities of Part 1 "Overview and Historic Site" of the Optional Preparatory Review before submitting this registration."
o "I certify that I have completed all activities of Part 2 "Fort Ward Museum" of the Optional Preparatory Review before submitting this registration."
o Important:
§ If you have not checked off these marks at the time of the registration, Section 0511 will not record the additional RU credits for you.
§ If you have a Guest and the Guest has also completed the Preparatory Review, you may check off the certification marks for the Guest, too.
3. Attend the Section's Monthly Educational Event (which itself grants you 0.15 RU) to get the add-on RUs.
o If you do not attend the Event, you will forfeit your claim for the add-on RU, even if registered.
o Note: Attendance of the Section Event's Optional Networking Lunch (if one accompanies the event) is not required to get the credit for the Preparatory Review.
4. Be willing to use your knowledge of the Preparatory Review materials during the Section's event.
Thus, you will receive 0.15 RU for the Section's event and 0.05 RU for each completed part of the Preparatory Review (and the 0.10 RU for the Networking Lunch if you attend it), for the total of up to 0.35 RU.
Activities of the Optional Preparatory Review
Complete one or both parts, and then certify for what you have completed for a corresponding RU credit:
Part #1 (0.05 RU Credit): Overview and Historic Site.
· Action #1-1 Website. Review this short page, including the Tour Fort Ward map and the Outdoor Wayfinding Signage: https://www.alexandriava.gov/museums/tour-the-museum-and-historic-site-online
o Note: Opening explanatory texts, links, and other web pages from here will take you past 30 minutes and is outside of scope of review.
· Action #1-2 File. Open and review this 3-page pdf brochure titled "Forward Museum and Historic Site: Bastions of Freedom": https://media.alexandriava.gov/docs-archives/historic/info/fortward/fortwardbastionsoffreedombrochure.pdf
o Pay attention to The History of Fort Ward on pg. 2 and the map on pg. 3.
· Action #1-3 Video of Fort Ward. Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AvDd0WK5gQ
Part #2 (0.05 RU Credit): Fort Ward Museum.
· Action #2-1 Video of the Museum. Watch the Fort Ward video under "Touring the Museum" on the short web page above.
o This video is the only activity in Part 2.
o The link below skips the first 82 seconds of the video (which is the web stream’s lead), and you can stop a minute earlier when the hosts say that this is the end of the video.
o You can directly access the video here (with the opening ad skipped): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vInKzTn9mMA&t=82s
Action #3. Certify the Preparatory Review completion for Part 1, Part 2, or both during your (and, if applicable, your Guest's) registration for the event.
NETWORKING LUNCH AFTER TOUR:
