Colonial Beach Community Foundation Seeking Volunteers and Members
Colonial Beach, VA | March 1, 2021. The Colonial Beach Community Foundation is expanding and looking for new members. This is an opportunity to match your talents with volunteer opportunities that improve the quality of life in and around Colonial Beach.
The time and talent of many are needed to make a positive difference in Colonial Beach. The Colonial Beach Community Foundation offers a variety of ways someone can help. There are many events and projects throughout the year. Volunteers are always needed and welcome for a single event or many of the other events the Foundation sponsors. Decide how you want to be involved joining the CB Volunteer Brigade.
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Brookside Gardens, a 50-acre display garden in Wheaton, Maryland, is about a 20-minute walk from the Glenmont Metro station.
If you’re feeling cooped up in your apartment, escape for a day trip or weekend in the DMV.
Most people are traveling close to home to stay safe during the pandemic, and there are plenty of activities around the District to feel like you’re away from home. Whether by Metro, Zipcar or Amtrak, a trip to a few nearby spots around the DMV is quick.
Here are six places in D.C., Maryland and Virginia that you could plan for a day trip or weekend getaway as the days get longer and warmer:
February 24, 2021
An important era in the modern history of the Northern Neck came to a close last month with the death in Venice, Fla., of Elmer Lewis “Pete” Green.
Pete was the last surviving Virginia waterman who was involved in the Oyster Wars of the 1950s. He was a native of Colonial Beach, where he was born in 1929, and lived there until retiring and moving to Florida in 1994. For much of his career, he was employed in King George County at the Naval Surface Weapons Laboratory in Dahlgren.
As a young man in his 20s, he crabbed and oystered on the Potomac River, along with many of the other young men of his generation. The state line between Maryland and Virginia being the low tide mark along the Virginia shore meant that Northern Neck oystermen were making their living off of Maryland waters.
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