There’s been a murder at the National Museum of the Marine Corps –– but that could mean some fun for you this weekend, and so could any of the other 50 events on the PotomacLocal.com Potomac Communities Calendar.
Tonight’s “Murder on Maui” will feature tours of the Marine Corps museum beginning at 4 p.m. followed by dinner and a night of mystery for $35. Reservations may be made to 703-649-2365.
Dino Days
Date: Friday, June 3, 2011
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Visitor Center
Description: Walk in the footsteps of the dinosaurs! Come to the Visitor Center to excavate fossils, try to out run a T-Rex, and design your own dinosaur. Fee is $2/person, $6/family
Kids Fishing Tournament
Date: Saturday June 4, 2011
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Location: Marina in lot #1
Description: Join us in our kids fishing tournament and see what you can catch. There is some fishing equipment that participants can borrow, but we encourage folks to bring their own. There are several volunteers on hand to give participants help. Sponsored by the Friends of Leesylvania State Park.
The United States is about to unveil a new cyber strategy that will treat cyberspace as another domain of warfare, similar to land, sea and air. As first reported in The Wall Street Journal on May 31, the U.S. will draw upon all the elements of national power to respond to a cyber attack.
As first reported in The Wall Street Journal on May 31, the US will draw upon all the elements of national power to respond to a cyber attack. This is an important step in the evolution of our cyber doctrine.is an important step in the evolution of our cyber doctrine. When strategists first began to deal with how we would respond to a cyber attack, many assumed we would do so within the cyber realm. The new strategy indicates that the U.S. would not hesitate to “take the gloves off” by broadening our response options to such an attack.
By Kristina Schnack Kotlus
Schools and Events Writer
Sitting in my preschooler’s parent-teacher conference, I was reminded that all things in education are connected. Attitudes, preferences, home life, they all contribute to achievement. As I reflected on last week’s education news, I was reminded that all policy changes tend to be connected, too.
Friday is the kickoff for a new event at Mt. Vernon called “Sunset Celebration”. This family-friendly event will include evening tours, period music and dancing, wagon rides, lantern-lit tours and visits with Lady Washington and her granddaughter.
Saturday, Cranford United Methodist Church in Lorton will host their annual Strawberry Festival and invites the community to come out and enjoy the festivities. Further south, Ferry Farm, George Washington’s boyhood home, will be having a Memorial Day Civil War event.
The killing of Usama bin Laden has had a profound effect on the War on Terror. The news of his demise was trumpeted around the world and everyone had an opinion about the event and about Usama bin Laden himself.
For the War on Terror, bin Laden’s death may indeed prove to be a turning point – a symbolic blow to al Qaeda that might be this generation’s equivalent of the D-Day Invasion of Normandy.
There may be some lingering April showers in the forecast but don’t let that stop you from enjoying all the events happening in the Potomac Communities this weekend.
There are several plays again this weekend, including Once Upon a Mattress, Pirates of Penzance, Godspell and Beauty and the Beast, with performances of various shows from Friday to Sunday.
Helicopters, ambulances, fire trucks and EMTs were on the scene Saturday at Potomac Town Center, but then again, so was a unicyclist.
Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center, the shopping center that houses PNC Bank, Wegmans, Zoe’s, and Bubbles Salon hosted a Spring Festival on Saturday, which several hundred people turned out to enjoy.
