Lee Birthday Celebration

Lee-Fendall House, 614 Oronoco St
Alexandria
703- 548-1789

Third Sunday in January. Honors “Light Horse Harry” Lee and his son, Robert E. Lee. Live music, light refreshments and guided house tour.

Black History Month in Alexandria

Alexandria Black History Resource Center, 638 N. Alfred St
Alexandria
703- 838-4356
Category: None

Celebrate Black History Month in February.

Chocolate Lovers Festival

Old Town Hall
Fairfax
703-591-2450

George Washington's Birthday Celebration Weekend

Mount Vernon and Old Town Alexandria
Alexandria
703- 991-4474

Second weekend in February. Includes a 10 K race, a "Birthnight Banquet & Ball," a revolutionary war encampment, parade, and more.

Walking With Washington

221 King Street
Alexandria
703-838-4399

“In honor of George Washington’s birthday, a weekly walking tour on the life of times of the country’s first president.”

Annual Holiday Parade of Boats

Alexandria Marina
703-838-4200
Category: None

First Saturday in December. More than 50 festively-decorated sail and power boats light up Old Town’s historic waterfront; entertainment. 5:30-6:30 p.m. 

Campagna Center's Scottish Christmas Walk

418 S. Washington St.
Alexandria
703-549-0111

First weekend in December. Christmas Marketplace, with café, boutiques and sale of heather & greens, noon-4 p.m. Thur., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat; Scottish Walk parade at 10:30 a.m. Sat., with more than 100 Scottish clans dressed in tartans and playing bagpipes, living history units, dog clubs and antique cars; Holiday Designer Tour of Homes features six charming, architecturally interesting homes decorated for the holidays.

Candlelight Tours

Sully Historic Site
Chantilly
703-437-1794

Christmas at Morven Park

Leesburg
703-777-2414

Christmas at Oatlands Plantation

Leesburg
703-777-3174