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Virtual Event: Tobacco Culture & Pipes in the Colonial Era

Stratford Hall 483 Great House Rd, Montross, Virginia, United States

Justin Fornal takes us on a smokey journey into the culture, etiquette, and craft of colonial pipes. Learn why the clay pipe is one of the most commonly found artifacts at colonial-era archaeology sites. Justin will also explain how tobacco became so valuable in colonial Virginia that for a period of time it actually served […]

Annual Potomac River Fire/Rescue Parade

Colonial Beach Volunteer Fire Department 312 Colonial Avenue, Colonial Beach, VA, United States

Colonial Beach Volunteer Fire Department celebrate its 125th Anniversary with a "Socially Distant" Fire and Rescue Parade. For safety, the parade will follow a route from Colonial Avenue to Washington Avenue to Boundary Street to Irving Avenue, down to and around The Point and back up Monroe Bay Avenue. Roads WILL NOT be shut down. […]