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Alexandria, VA

Parade Route:  Start point is on South Saint Asaph Street at Wilkes Street; parade goes North on Saint Asaph Street to Queen Street, East on Queen Street to Royal Street, South on Royal Street to King Street, East on King Street to Fairfax Street, and South on Fairfax Street to the End Point on Fairfax Street at Gibbon Street.

Washington's Birthday
Parade
the nation's largest

Yes

Feb. 18, 2008 Time: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

JEFFERSON MEMORIAL

Tidal Basin
900 Ohio Drive
Washington, DC

Jefferson's Birthday Observance:  speeches, wreath-laying

Yes

April

Yes

LEE/JACKSON DOUBLE EQUESTRIAN MONUMENT

Art Museum Drive and
Wyman Park Drive
Baltimore, MD

Annual Birthday Celebration:  uniformed

Reenactmen

Yes

January

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Washington, DC

200th Anniversary celebrating its founder Thomas Jefferson

Yes

Thru October

LINCOLN MEMORIAL

The National Mall
900 Ohio Drive
Washington, DC

Lincoln's birthday
celebration:  wreath laying, bands, reading of Gettysburg Address

Yes

February

Yes

MOUNT VERNON

George Washington Memorial Parkway
South of Alexandria, VA

George Washington Birthday Celebration: parade, breakfast Feb. 17-18;  wreath laying, band Feb. 19

Mount Vernon Wine Festival:  highlights Washington's wine-making efforts, artisans

Yes with fee

 

Yes free

Yes with fee

February

February

May

Yes


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