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The Annual Firefly Festival is held in June or July at Fort C.F. Smith. Bring a picnic and wait for the sun to go down and the fireflies to come out. Check the County’s Parks and Recreation site for this year’s date.
Come hear the US Army Blues at Washington-Lee High School during the Washington-Lee Summer Concert Series held in July and August. Check the U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” event calendar for this year’s dates. All performances are FREE and open to the public.
A Sunset Parade is held at the Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima) most Tuesdays in the summer. The free one hour performance includes music from “The Commandant’s Own”, the United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and precision drill by the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon.
7:00 p.m. –0 p.m.
**The Sunset Parades on August 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd will begin 30 minutes earlier.** The start times are as follows:
6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
***SPECIAL NOTE: There will not be a Sunset Parade on Tuesday, 5 July 2011.***
There are several spots in Arlington where you can see the fireworks on the National Mall. I like Lady Byrd Johnson park although traffic can be bad and parking along the GW Parkway is no longer permitted. Long Bridge Park has been a frequent location for family friendly Fourth of July celebrations. Stay Arlington offers these suggestions for the best places to watch the fireworks in Arlington. What are your favorite spots to watch the 4th of July fireworks?
When the Summer heat gets to be too much, take the kids to Lyon Village, Hayes Park or Drew Playground Spray Park to cool off. Arlington’s four Spraygrounds and two interactive water parks are open from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Check the website for hours as each sprayground is closed one day a week.
Toby’s Homemade Ice Cream at Westover Village (formerly Scoops Beauregard’s) serves up gourmet superpremium ice cream they say is richer and fuller in flavor than mass produced frozen desserts. All students receive a 15% discount on school days until 4 PM while Swanson Middle School students amd Shop Arlington card holders receive 15% off one ice cream item anytime. Toby’s also sells ice cream cakes, and has coffee, espresso and during the winter months, hot chocolate (as well as frozen hot chocolate).
Toby’s now has a location at National Landing as well.
