Love 'Mercy Street'? Enter to Win the Ultimate Fan Experience

ALEXANDRIA, VA -- If you're a fan of the PBS series "Mercy Street," based on real-life Civil War-era Alexandria, you'll want to enter a sweepstakes announced this week to win the ultimate fan experience.

Visit Alexandria is inviting fans of the hit PBS drama series "Mercy Street" to enter for a chance to win an exclusive "Mercy Street" experience, including a tour of the set where the series' second season is currently being filmed in the Richmond area and a tour of historic Old Town Alexandria, to experience the real sites and stories that inspired the series.

The Visit Alexandria Sweepstakes – MERCY STREET Set Visit and Guided Alexandria Tour kicked off this week and closes on May 13, 2016 at 10 p.m. ET. To learn more about the Visit Alexandria MERCY STREET Inspired Sweepstakes, please go to VisitAlexandriaVA.com/MercySweep for official rules and complete details on how to enter.

The grand prize winner and one guest will receive:
• Roundtrip airfare to and from Virginia
• Two nights' stay at Kimpton's Hotel Monaco Alexandria
• Dinner for two at Jackson 20 restaurant in Alexandria
• Tour of historic Old Town Alexandria to experience the real sites and stories that inspired PBS' MERCY STREET, provided by DC Military Tours
• Two "Key to the City" museum passes covering admission to nine Alexandria historic sites including the Carlyle House, the former Green family home which features an exhibit about the real Mansion House Hospital
• Ground transportation for two from Alexandria to Richmond
• Tour of the set where PBS' MERCY STREET Season Two is being filmed
• One night for two in a hotel in Richmond, VA

Fans can find more visitor experiences by following Visit Alexandria on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Learn more about MERCY STREET by following @MercyStreetPBS on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For the latest in exciting programming by PBS, follow them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. #MercyStreetPBS

The ensemble cast for Season Two of MERCY STREET includes Mary Elizabeth Winstead (10 Cloverfield Lane, "The Returned," The Spectacular Now) as nurse Mary Phinney, Josh Radnor ("How I Met Your Mother," Liberal Arts, Broadway's Disgraced) as Dr. Jedediah Foster, Gary Cole ("Veep," "The Good Wife," "Entourage") as James Green, Sr., Hannah James as Emma Green, Brad Koed as James Green, Jr., Norbert Leo Butz ("Bloodline") as Dr. Byron Hale, Tara Summers ("You're the Worst," "Rake," "Boston Legal") as nurse Anne Hastings, McKinley Belcher III ("Show Me a Hero," "Chicago PD") as Samuel Diggs, Jack Falahee ("How to Get Away With Murder") as Frank Stringfellow, AnnaSophia Robb ("The Carrie Diaries," The Way, Way Back, Bridge to Terabithia) as Alice Green, Donna Murphy ("Resurrection," "Hindsight," Broadway's Passion and The King and I) as Jane Green, L. Scott Caldwell ("Southland," "Lost," "ER," The Fugitive) as Belinda, Suzanne Bertish ("Rome") as Hospital Matron Brannan and Luke Macfarlane ("Brothers and Sisters," "Over There") as Chaplain Hopkins.

PBS announced this week that new cast members will join the show for Season Two, including Brían F. O'Byrne ("Mildred Pierce," "Aquarius") as Allan Pinkerton, head of the Union Intelligence Service, Patina Miller (Pippin, "Madam Secretary," The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Parts 1 & 2) as Charlotte Jenkins, a black Northern abolitionist and former slave who escaped to freedom years before through the Underground Railroad and Bryce Pinkham (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, The Heidi Chronicles) as Maj. Clayton McBurney III, the new hospital chief.

To learn more about the Visit Alexandria MERCY STREET Inspired Sweepstakes, please go to VisitAlexandriaVA.com/MercySweep for official rules and complete details on how to enter.