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City Guide > North America > Washington, DC > Washington, DC | |
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Special Events Restaurant week, 12-19 Jan (and then again in July/Aug), reduced fixed-priced menus in many restaurants, throughout the city Slave Life at Mount Vernon, the lives and contributions of the slaves who built and operated Mount Vernon, 1-29 Feb 41st Annual Washington Boat Show, 18-20 Feb, Washington Convention Center St Patrick’s Day Parade, huge parades down Constitution Avenue, NW, 16 Mar 2004 National Cherry Blossom Parade and Festival, parade (on 3 Apr) with carnival floats and marching bands, 27 Mar- 12 Apr White House Easter Egg Roll, egg rolling, 12 Apr, White House lawn International Film Festival, 21 Apr-May 2, various theatres throughout the city Memorial Day Ceremonies, wreath-laying at the Kennedy gravesite and at Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial, 31 May National Barbecue Battle, free food samples, cooking demonstrations and competition between local and national BBQ restaurants, 26-27 Jun on Pennsylvania Avenue Smithsonian Folklife Festival, a music, song and dance celebration to contemporary traditions, 23-27 Jun and 30 Jun-4 Jul, National Mall Independence Day, day-long concerts and activities including fireworks over the Washington Monument, 4 Jul, National Mall The Kennedy Center Prelude Festival, celebrates the performing arts, 31 Aug-20 Sep, Kennedy Center Taste of DC, an outdoor music and foodfest, 9-11 Oct, Federal Triangle Marine Corps Marathon, 26 Oct, starts and ends at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, VA Veterans’ Day Ceremonies, presidential wreath-laying and memorial service honouring the nation’s war dead, 11 Nov, Arlington National Cemetery National Christmas Tree Lighting Pageant of Peace, the President lights the giant National Christmas Tree, 2 Dec, the Ellipse Pearl Harbor Day Ceremony, wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec, US Navy Memorial |