Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority

Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority http://www.nvrpa.org The Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority enhances the communities of Northern Virginia and enriches the lives of their citizens through the conservation of regional natural and cultural resources. It provides diverse regional recreational and educational opportunities, and fosters an understanding of the relationships between people and their environment. en-us <![CDATA[1st Minnesota Regiment Visits Aldie Mill]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=136 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:32:34 -0400 <![CDATA[Furloughed to Fairways]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=135 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:46:10 -0400 <![CDATA[Artist Sonja Weber Gilkey to exhibit at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=134 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:54:12 -0400 <![CDATA[Mother’s Day Tea and Free Tours at Carlyle House ]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=133 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:08:26 -0400 <![CDATA[Aldie Mill Tea Party]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=132 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:09:32 -0400 <![CDATA[Beer Tasting at Brambleton Golf Course]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=131 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:29:38 -0400 <![CDATA[French and Indian War Re-enactment at the Alexandrian home of Colonel John Carlyle]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=130 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:47:57 -0400 <![CDATA[W&OD Trail Announces Extended Hours]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=129 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:29:42 -0400 <![CDATA[Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Pohick Bay Regional Park]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=128 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:08:14 -0400 <![CDATA[Persian New Year Festival Returns to Bull Run Special Events Center]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=127 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:36:40 -0500 <![CDATA[Parade Day Open House: Free Tours of Carlyle House in Honor of President’s Day]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=126 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:12:15 -0500 <![CDATA[Camp Carlyle: Journey to the Past]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=125 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:21:50 -0500 <![CDATA[Conversations in History: The First Rendezvous – Mosby at Mt. Zion]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=124 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:09:55 -0500 <![CDATA[A Civil War Christmas at Mt. Zion Historic Park]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=123 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:30:14 -0500 <![CDATA[Tickets on Sale Now for Historic Alexandria Candlelight Tour – Sweeter this year!]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=122 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:08:38 -0500 <![CDATA[A Soldier’s Christmas: Carlyle House During the American Revolution]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=121 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:13:52 -0500 <![CDATA[Bull Run Festival of Lights Opens This Wednesday!]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=120 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:39:11 -0500 <![CDATA[Conversations Lecture Series at Mt. Zion Historical Park]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=119 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:06:27 -0500 <![CDATA[RE-ENACTMENT OF JOHN CARLYLE’S 1780 FUNERAL and Alexandria’s Footsteps to the Past Historical Haunt Tour at Carlyle House]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=118 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:27:30 -0400 <![CDATA[Cauldron Tea at Carlyle House]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=117 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:00:35 -0400 <![CDATA[Historic Fashion Show at Carlyle House Historic Park]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=116 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:15:36 -0400 <![CDATA[Mt. Zion Historical Park Open for Tours]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=115 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:40:15 -0400 <![CDATA[War of 1812: Music & Life in Seaport Alexandria]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=114 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:42:16 -0400 <![CDATA[Meadowlark Hosts Teacher Workshop through support of the Volgenau Foundation]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=113 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:36:27 -0400 <![CDATA[Summer Concert Series on the Lawn at Carlyle House]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=112 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:07:13 -0400 <![CDATA[Nature Nuts Donors Are Recognized at Camp Grow!]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=111 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:05:20 -0400 <![CDATA[Ribbon Cutting for Fountainhead Regional Park Mountain Bike Trail Improvements]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=110 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:12:14 -0400 <![CDATA[UNION TROOPS OFFER CIVIL WAR PROGRAM AT]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=109 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:45:55 -0400 <![CDATA[Nature Nuts donors to be recognized at Camp Grow!]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=108 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:02:09 -0400 <![CDATA[A Night at the Theatre to Benefit the Friends of Carlyle House]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=107 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:20:29 -0400 <![CDATA[The Long March North to Gettysburg ]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=106 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:31:56 -0400 <![CDATA[Pirate’s Day Returns to Pohick Bay June 9th!]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=105 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:51:02 -0400 <![CDATA[Waterparks Make a Splash over the Memorial Day Weekend]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=104 Tue, 29 May 2012 14:58:26 -0400 <![CDATA[17th Mississippi Regiment Visits Aldie Mill]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=103 Mon, 21 May 2012 15:48:52 -0400 <![CDATA[Nature Nuts Receives Donation from Dominion Power]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=102 Mon, 07 May 2012 12:05:56 -0400 <![CDATA[Conversations Lecture Series, “Lead Like a General: Lessons for Today’s Leaders from the Civil War”]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=101 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:39:06 -0400 <![CDATA[Mt. Zion Historic Park Opens to Public for Monthly Programs]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=100 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:21:05 -0400 <![CDATA[Friends of Carlyle House Historic Park’s Annual Garden Day Herb & Craft Sale]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=99 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:27:37 -0400 <![CDATA[test]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=98 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:52:37 -0400 <![CDATA[Swing into Spring is Back!]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=97 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:55:49 -0400 <![CDATA[Aldie Mill Historic Park Opens for 2012 Season]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=96 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:58:44 -0400 <![CDATA[The “Grandest Congress” at Carlyle House Historic Park]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=95 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:43:47 -0400 <![CDATA[The Virginia Association of Museums Announces NVRPA’s Tracy Gillespie as new council president ]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=94 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:16:16 -0400 <![CDATA[The Potomac Frontier: The Mosby Heritage Area in the Winter of 1861-62 Conversations Lecture Series at Mt. Zion Historic Park ]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=93 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:09:27 -0400 <![CDATA[Persian New Year Celebration At Bull Run Special Events Center ]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=92 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:55:16 -0500 <![CDATA[Ball's Bluff Reenactment an Economic Boom for Region]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=91 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:03:56 -0500 <![CDATA[Historic Alexandria Candlelight Tours December 10, 2011, 6:00 to 9:00 pm December 12, 2011, 3:00 to 6:00 pm]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=89 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:40:43 -0500 <![CDATA[“Procure me Some Place in the War”: A Living History Presentation and Tea with Dorothea Dix]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=86 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:49:29 -0400 <![CDATA[Union Troops Offer Civil War Program at Mt. Zion Church Historic Site near Aldie ]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=85 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:18:19 -0400 <![CDATA[Civil War Fashion Show]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=84 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:37:24 -0400 <![CDATA[17th Mississippi Regiment Visits Aldie Mill]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=83 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:12:40 -0400 <![CDATA[Spirited History: A Tasting of History & Whiskeys at Aldie Mill]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=82 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:37:10 -0400 <![CDATA[“A Fine Beginning”]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=81 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:31:56 -0400 <![CDATA[150 Years Ago Along the Bull Run]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=80 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:29:04 -0400 <![CDATA[Mt. Zion Historical Park Opens to Public for Monthly Programs]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=79 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:25:24 -0400 <![CDATA[Special Korean Branding Lecture & Luncheon Held at the Atrium at Meadowlark on July 13]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=78 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:00:48 -0400 <![CDATA[Visit NVRPA Golf Courses on July 15th for Great Golf Deals - ONE DAY ONLY!]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=77 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:18:08 -0400 <![CDATA[ Bull Run Regional Park to Commemorate Blackburn's Ford on July 18 at 7 pm]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=76 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:15:21 -0400 <![CDATA[Upcoming Events & Summer Concert Series at Potomac Overlook Regional Park]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=75 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:00:05 -0400 <![CDATA[Hands-On-History Tent: The Civil War]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=74 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:31:25 -0400 <![CDATA[Ball’s Bluff Battlefield Artillery Dedication]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=73 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:03:09 -0400 <![CDATA[Give Your School’s PTA a Shot at Some Cash with NVRPA’s School Shout Out Program!]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=72 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:42:20 -0400 <![CDATA[Mosby: Scout along the Turnpike to be hosted at Mt. Zion Historic Park and Aldie Mill ]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=71 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:16:33 -0400 <![CDATA[Regency Era Country Dance at Aldie Mill Historic Park]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=70 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:10:14 -0400 <![CDATA[NVRPA Removes In-Water Abdominal Thrusts from Rescue Protocols]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=69 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:30:10 -0400 <![CDATA[Pirate’s Day Returns to Pohick Bay June 18th!]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=68 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:26:03 -0400 <![CDATA[Charles Fenton Mercer: American Visionary Program to be held at Mt. Zion Church]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=67 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:08:53 -0400 <![CDATA[“A Dish of Tea to Cheer Me” A Tea Tasting & Lecture at Carlyle House Historic Park]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=66 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:57:48 -0400 <![CDATA[NVRPA Waterparks Open This Weekend!!]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=65 Thu, 26 May 2011 15:40:18 -0400 <![CDATA[Mt. Zion Historical Park Opens to Public for Monthly Programs]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=64 Mon, 16 May 2011 16:07:48 -0400 <![CDATA[Spies and Scouts of the Civil War: Family Festival]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=63 Mon, 16 May 2011 14:40:24 -0400 <![CDATA[Nature Nuts Kick-Off With a Goal of Half a Million Kids Outdoors]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=62 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:56:16 -0400 <![CDATA[Friends of Carlyle House Historic Park Host Annual Garden Day Herb & Craft Sale]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=61 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:52:49 -0400 <![CDATA[Aldie Mill Historic Park Opens for 2011 Season]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=60 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:42:49 -0400 <![CDATA[Nature Nuts Is Coming to a Park Near You!]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=59 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:44:21 -0400 <![CDATA[Northern Virginia Takes Center Stage in New Book on the Civil War]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=58 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:22:33 -0400 <![CDATA[The “Grandest Congress” at Carlyle House Historic Park]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=57 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:00:57 -0400 <![CDATA[Bird Watching programs to be held at Potomac Overlook]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=56 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:02:18 -0400 <![CDATA[Walter L. Mess W&OD Trail 5K Run to be held March 27th in Falls Church]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=55 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:51:17 -0500 <![CDATA[Battlefield Guides Wanted]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=54 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:34:34 -0500 <![CDATA[The Corn Maize & Fall Festival Is Back!]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=53 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:15:02 -0400 <![CDATA[1755 – 1865: Redcoats, Patriots and Yankees at Carlyle House Historic Park]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=52 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:00:00 -0400 <![CDATA[“Canoe the Marsh” With a Naturalist at Pohick Bay]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=51 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:38:58 -0400 <![CDATA[Upton Hill Fall Classic Minigolf Tournament to be Held September 12th ]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=50 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:38:53 -0400 <![CDATA[New Photos on NVRPA Naturalist Page!]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=49 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:08:02 -0400 <![CDATA[August 1814: A Town Occupied “Johnny Bull” Revisits Alexandria]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=48 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:14:26 -0400 <![CDATA[NVRPA Strategic Plan Update Newsletter Available online]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=47 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:34:30 -0400 <![CDATA[Embrace the Heat with Half Price Golf!]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=46 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:03:07 -0400 <![CDATA[Innovations, Rising Temps Leading to Big Summer For Area Waterparks]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=45 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:29:37 -0400 <![CDATA[“A Fine Beginning” ]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=44 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:23:21 -0400 <![CDATA[Korean Bell Garden Ground Breaking June 27, 2 p.m.]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=43 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:23:33 -0400 <![CDATA[The Pirate's Are Coming!]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=41 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:46:36 -0400 <![CDATA[NVRPA Remembers Former Executive Director, William M. Lightsey]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=40 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:46:45 -0400 <![CDATA[Pirate’s Day Returns to Pohick Bay June 12th!]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=38 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:56:01 -0400 <![CDATA[Volcano Island Waterpark Opens This Weekend!]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=37 Tue, 25 May 2010 11:30:40 -0400 <![CDATA[Becoming A Patriot! Hands on History Tent At Carlyle House Historic Park]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=36 Wed, 19 May 2010 07:20:31 -0400 <![CDATA[“Canoe the Marsh” With a Naturalist at Pohick Bay 2010 Outings]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=35 Fri, 14 May 2010 09:51:27 -0400 <![CDATA[Green Ideas, Green Careers]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=34 Fri, 14 May 2010 07:02:58 -0400 <![CDATA[Charles Fenton Mercer’s Birthday Celebration at Aldie Mill Historic Park]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=33 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:20:27 -0400 <![CDATA[Carlyle House to Host Garden Workshops]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=32 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:38:01 -0400 <![CDATA[Northern Virginia Regional Park Foundation Awarded Grants from Dominion Power]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=31 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:19:15 -0400 <![CDATA[2010 Silent Sentinel Award Reception to be held at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=30 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:54:17 -0400 <![CDATA[Ball’s Bluff Battlefield to Host Living History Weekend]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=29 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:52:30 -0400 <![CDATA[25th Annual Potomac Overlook Open House and Heritage Festival ]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=28 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:24:34 -0400 <![CDATA[Ball’s Bluff Battlefield Park Day 2010 ]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=27 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:23:35 -0400 <![CDATA[A Little Slice of Korea in Vienna, Virginia]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=26 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:48:48 -0400 <![CDATA[Officers, Gentlemen and Brawling Frontiersmen: Fencing and Martial Arts in Colonial America at Carlyle House Historic Park]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=25 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:26:35 -0400 <![CDATA[The Story of the Wood; Seeing Trees and the Forest at Potomac Overlook Regional Park]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=24 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:00:22 -0500 <![CDATA[Getting Green in Honor of St. Patrick]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=23 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:04:24 -0500 <![CDATA[Irish Heritage Program to be hosted at Carlyle House Historic Park]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=22 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:42:58 -0500 <![CDATA[Battlefield Guides Wanted]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=21 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:59:17 -0500 <![CDATA[In Winter Quarters: The American Soldier of the Revolution At Carlyle House Historic Park]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=20 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:12:12 -0500 <![CDATA[Carlyle House to Be Part of the New Star-Spangled Banner Geotrail ]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=19 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:06:00 -0500 <![CDATA[John Carlyle’s Birthday Celebration at Carlyle House Historic Park]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=18 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:30:01 -0500 <![CDATA[Potomac Overlook to Host 2010 Kickoff Event ]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=17 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:16:09 -0500 <![CDATA[155 Acres of New Parkland Near Gilbert’s Corner]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=14 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:33:33 -0500 <![CDATA[NVRPA, Dominion VA Power Announce Detour on W&OD Trail]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=12 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:17:04 -0500 <![CDATA[Simple Pleasures for the Solstice; A Holiday Break for Families at Potomac Overlook]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=10 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:12:06 -0500 <![CDATA[Meet Me On A Sunday at Potomac Overlook]]> http://www.nvrpa.org/view_press_releases.php?id=9 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:25:01 -0500