We had our Celebrate Yorktown Committee meeting today, and I thought I would mention a few upcoming events in Yorktown.
One of the best events in Yorktown will be this coming Saturday night with the concert by the Virginia Symphony that we put on for free for the public every Labor Day weekend. The concert is held outside with the Yorktown Victory Monument as an impressive backdrop. This is an event that all of us in town enjoy every year. The Celebrate Yorktown Committee raises the over $25,000 needed each year to put on this wonderful concert. There's judging of picnics, a concert by our York Town Fifes and Drums, and some venders as well.
The Yorktown Wine Festival is scheduled for October 4 down on the Rierwalk Landing. The time is 11 am - 6 pm. There's also a wine dinner at Nick's Riverwalk Restaurant. Tickets are available at http://www.villageevents.org/.
Our final "Shagging on the Riverwalk" ended a week ago--but there's another event called "Rhythms on the Riverwalk" on Fridays in September and the first Friday in October--6:30 - 8:30 pm. We are all hoping that this event won't be quite as popular as "Shagging" was! We can all understand why people enjoyed a free event, with the beautiful York River in the background, and a lot of nice people enjoying themselves!
We got word on the news this morning that the fires in the Great Dismal Swamp were finally under control--with about 15 firefighters still involved--down from 250 at the worst time of the fires. There's been no smoke around here from the fires since June--but there's still fire there--awaiting a tropical storm or hurricane to dump enough water on the area to douse them for good.
We got word on the news this morning that the fires in the Great Dismal Swamp were finally under control--with about 15 firefighters still involved--down from 250 at the worst time of the fires. There's been no smoke around here from the fires since June--but there's still fire there--awaiting a tropical storm or hurricane to dump enough water on the area to douse them for good.
The Yorktown onions were all recently mowed down after the seeds matured and were disbursing themselves. The National Park Service preserves the onions as long as they can despite the ragged look of the areas where they are saved. Some people even complain to the NPS that they are not taking care of their property! And it's hard to explain to visitors that these plants are protected by law and cannot be cut down before going to seed. Almost everybody in town has them growing in our yards because they naturalize without any problem. I had a picture of one just blooming earlier, and here is another picture taken along the Colonial Parkway with the York River in the background.
And here's a picture after the color has faded and the seeds have begun to mature.
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