Quander Family Events

Family came out and sat court-side to cheer on cousin and Head Coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis as she led the George Mason women’s basketball team in a match up against the University of Maryland in College Park. It was a fun afternoon and a good time to spend with the family. We are very proud of cousin Vanessa and her career accomplishments — GO NESS!! Thanks for coming out family! (back row) Riley Banks, Dee Smith Banks, Rodney Banks, Gina Blair Miller, Roni Redmond, Alicia Reedy, and Kelci Reedy. (middle row) Thomas and Alice (Bumbray) Payne, Nikki Bumbray, Jose Bumbray, and Samantha Quander-Mosley. (front row) Le Shaun Quander-Mosley, and Clarence Quander. 

On August 14, 2022, family got together for Sunday brunch at 1799 Prime Restaurant in Old Town Alexandria, VA to celebrate July and August birthdays, and to celebrate Jay Quander’s restaurant opening. Family enjoyed a delicious brunch, and lively conversation filled with laughter in the private Elizabeth Room (named after Lizzy Quander.)  Members sampled the “I Am Quando” drink on the restaurant menu, the family sang happy birthday and enjoyed dessert in the sunny courtyard under the Quander mural. Happy Birthday to Darrell Quander, Phillip (Toussaint) Quander-Mosley, and Soleila Quander (daughter of Jemez & LaChyara Quander)!

Led by family historian, and Mt. Vernon tour guide, cousin Rohulamin Quander, the busload of Quander relatives and friends departed from Incarnation Catholic Church in Washington, DC, and toured historic, Quander family sites throughout the DMV, including Alfred Street Baptist Church, Roberta Quander's house, and West Potomac Park High School in Alexandria, VA, George Washington's Mount Vernon plantation in Mt. Vernon, VA, Quander Street in SW Washington, DC, Darnall's Chance, and St. Mary's Catholic Church in Upper Marlboro, MD.

World War I Veterans and founding members of area Catholic churches, John Edward Quander, Sr., St. Benedict the Moor (est. 1946) and Peter Mercer Quander, Holy Redeemer (est. 1920), were honored during a Black History Month exhibit, "We Return Fighting" sponsored by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.  The exhibit featured a Wall of Valor with the names of the 500 men from Prince George's County, Maryland who fought in World War I.  Quander relatives attended the opening reception, including the daughter and grand-daughter of Peter Mercer Quander, Evelyn Quander Rattley and Sandra Rattley pictured below with cousins Clarence C. Quander, Jr. and daughter, Le Shaun Quander-Mosley.