2024 Annual Ballyshanners’ St. Patrick’s Parade
Our members and their families joined forces with the Alexandria City Republican Committee to march in the annual Ballyshanners’ Saint Patrick’s Parade in Old Town Alexandria!
Celebrating George Washington’s Birthday!
This was the theme of our February meeting, with an excellent presentation by General George Washington, as portrayed by Doug Thomas, of American Historical Theatre of Philadelphia. Our next meeting will be Thursday, March 21; for details please email colonialmtvernonrw@gmail.com
A wonderful brunch to start the new year!
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- We had a full capacity turnout for our January brunch, along with excellent speakers!
A Festive Holiday Celebration!
Congratulations to our 2024 Officers, who were sworn in during our annual holiday party which was held at Cedar Knoll just off of the George Washington Memorial Parkway overlooking the mighty Potomac River .
Our 2023 Annual Chili Cook-Off was a great success!
Congratulations to our 2023 Chili Cook-Off Winner, Stori Zimmerman – 2023 GOP-endorsed candidate for the Fairfax County School Board, Mount Vernon District!
It was a gorgeous day at Pohick Regional Park for the Chili Cook-Off. Thank you to all of the participants for bringing some wonderful chili and fixings and to everyone who came out to support this annual event!
Congratulations to our 2023 Liberty Tree Scholarship Award Winner!
We presented our 2023 Liberty Tree Scholarship tonight! Pictured (from left to right) are Jane Gandee, Susan Bradley, Anna Urman, Beth Bottcher, & our scholarship recipient, Maria Kasbaoui – CONGRATULATIONS Maria!
An Informative November meeting
We heard from guest speaker Ron Vitiello, former Chief of U.S. Border Patrol, Acting Deputy Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and ICE Director.
Garden Party with First Lady Suzanne Youngkin
About a dozen members of our club were honored to attend and to volunteer at First Lady Suzanne Youngkin’s Spirit of Sisterhood event at River Farm in the Mount Vernon area on June 14th.
VFRW Convention
Several of our members enjoyed serving as delegates to the VFRW Convention in Old Town Alexandria.