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  • False Cape State Park
    False Cape State Park & Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge Winter Tram Tours
    Venue: False Cape State Park
    Price: $8 Reservations Required
    Date: 02/07/2021 and additional dates
    Location: Virginia Beach
  • Inviting the Bluebird of Happiness To Your Yard
    Venue: The Weems-Botts Museum
    Date: 03/06/2021
    Location: DUMFRIES
  • Patrick Henry v. Thomas Jefferson: The Crisis of Union That Died in 1799
    Venue: university of virginia
    Date: 03/09/2021
    Location: Charlottesville
  • Making a Name for Themselves: Women Journalists and Viet Nam
    Venue: Virginia War Memorial
    Date: 03/09/2021
    Location: Richmond
  • Because of Her Story, Smithsonian Graphic
    Smithsonian Affiliations Virtual Scholar Talk – Lena Richard and Julia Child: Two Women Who Changed Culinary History
    Venue: Birthplace of Country Music Museum
    Date: 03/10/2021
    Location: Bristol
  • Lecture: "Hannah Griffith" (virtual event)
    Venue: Gadsby's Tavern Museum
    Price: $6 per link; tickets available at www.alexandriava.gov/shop
    Date: 03/11/2021
    Location: Alexandria
  • Commonwealth’s K-9 Veterans Day Livestream
    Venue: Virginia War Memorial
    Date: 03/11/2021
    Location: Richmond
  • Explore the grounds of Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest plantation on an archaeology and natural history hike.
    Opening Weekend Trail Hike
    Venue: Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest
    Price: Admission is $10 per person.
    Date: 03/13/2021
    Location: Forest
  • Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest is considered his most personal and perfect work of architecture.
    Poplar Forest Opening Day
    Venue: Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest
    Price: $18 for adults; $16 for seniors (ages 65+) and military (with ID); $10 for college students (with ID) and teens (ages 12–18); $6 for children (ages 6–11); and free for children under 6 and Poplar Forest members.
    Date: 03/15/2021
    Location: Forest
  • The 2021 Michelle Smith Lecture Series
    Venue: George Washington's Mount Vernon
    Price: Members: $100; Non Members: $150
    Date: 03/16/2021 and additional dates
    Location: Mount Vernon
  • Brave Women Warriors – Grit and Grace
    Venue: Virginia War Memorial
    Date: 03/16/2021
    Location: Richmond
  • Image of El Chapo being escorted off small plane by DEA and HSI authorities. Text: DEA Museum Lecture; Taking Down El Chapo; March 17, 2021 10-11:30 AM; Virtual Event
    Taking Down El Chapo
    Venue: DEA Museum & Visitors Center
    Date: 03/17/2021
    Location: Arlington
  • Because of Her Story, Smithsonian Graphic
    Smithsonian Affiliations Virtual Scholar Talk – Women in Aerospace: Stories from the Smithsonian Collection
    Venue: Birthplace of Country Music Museum
    Date: 03/17/2021
    Location: Bristol
  • Braddock's Tars: Common Sailors and the Braddock Expedition (Virtual)
    Venue: Carlyle House Historic Park
    Price: $5 per Zoom link
    Date: 03/18/2021
    Location: Alexandria
  • Gray Ghost Vineyards Winemaker Dinner
    Venue: Marriott Ranch
    Price: $109.00 per person plus tax, five course meal paired with select wines
    Date: 03/20/2021
    Location: Hume
  • Children's Day at the Museum Sponsored by Walmart
    Venue: Weems-Botts Museum Annex
    Date: 03/20/2021
    Location: Dumfries
  • "Soft Covers for Hard Times: Quiltmaking and the Great Depression" with Merikay Waldvogel
    Venue: Virginia Quilt Museum
    Price: $30 per person
    Date: 03/20/2021
    Location: Harrisonburg
  • A Roof Above My Head
    Venue: Henricus Historical Park
    Price: $9 adults, $7 ages 3-12
    Date: 03/20/2021
    Location: Chester
  • Unsung Heroes from the 6888th Postal Battalion
    Venue: Virginia War Memorial
    Date: 03/23/2021
    Location: Richmond
  • Because of Her Story Smithsonian Graphic
    Smithsonian Affiliations Virtual Scholar Talk – Ancient Worlds Contemporary Selves
    Venue: Birthplace of Country Music Museum
    Date: 03/24/2021
    Location: Bristol
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