Memorial Day Weekend 2021 – Check out Things to Do Below!
Remember those who served, there are several local commemoration ceremonies. Beat the heat at Water Country and local pools. Enjoy Busch Gardens, the Food & Wine Festival will remain open on Memorial Day. Local and regional museums have special Memorial Day events like Colonial Williamsburg and Nauticus. Colonial Williamsburg’s Calendar has additional daily events to check as well. Lots of family fun activities to celebrate the holiday! Here are some of our things to do on Memorial Day Weekend in Williamsburg and surrounding areas! After the numbered items there are tons of posts of events as well!
1. Memorial Day Weekend Events at Colonial Williamsburg
A Memorial Day Commemoration on Palace Green. Monday, May 31, 2021 at 10 AM. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation honors the men and women of the United States military who sacrificed their lives in defense of our nation with a traditional wreath-laying ceremony. If you are a Military family there is a great offer for you and yours this Memorial Day Weekend 2021 keep reading!)
2.Memorial Day Weekend FREE Admission to Colonial Williamsburg For Military*
Colonial Williamsburg is offering FREE admission during Memorial Day weekend, Friday through Monday, May 28-31, to all active duty Military, Reservists, Retirees, Veterans, National Guardsmen and their immediate dependents.*
3. Memorial Day Weekend Events in Yorktown
- Yorktown Market Days – Saturday, May 29, 2021 from 8 am – 12 pm – Artist and farmers market on the Yorktown Waterfront. Enjoy spectacular views of the York River, live music, food trucks and a fantastic variety of vendors and artists.
- Grace Church Memorial Day Ceremony Monday, May 31, 2021 from 10 am – 11 pm – There will be a ceremony followed by the playing of “Taps” and “Honors” and reading the names of the 103 known veterans from pre-Revolutionary War to Korea and Vietnam buried in the historic (ca 1697) cemetery.
- Fifes and Drums of York Town will perform at 11: 45 am
- York County Historical Committee Ceremony Memorial Day Ceremony – Monday, May 31, 2021 at 12 pm at York Hall adjacent to Grace Episcopal Church – Posting of colors, a guest speaker, and the laying of wreaths.
4. Memorial Mile
Williamsburg Parks and Recreation would like to honor and remember the sacrifice of our fallen Military, Fire, EMS and Law Enforcement members by sharing their fallen hero stories at Waller Mill Park. Remembrance signs will be on display Saturday, May 29, 2021 – Monday, May 31, 2021 at Waller Mill Park from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm. All are welcome to visit the park and read the stories of those that were taken too soon.
5. Honor our fallen heroes at Nauticus Memorial Day Weekend: May 29 & 30, 2021
Enjoy special programming, a scavenger hunt on the historic Battleship Wisconsin and more! Special tours and interpretations available all weekend. Honor your loved one… Purchase an American Flag to be flown over the historic USS Wisconsin (BB-64) on Memorial Day. (Limited quantities available). Learn about military discounts here.
6. Remembering Ssgt Talmadge Horton Alphin, Jr.
A BROADCAST WILL BE AVAILABLE HERE ON MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 31, 2021 BY 11 A.M. Sergeant Talmadge Horton Alphin, Jr. was the first bass drummer of the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes & Drums and was one of sixteen Green Berets killed in Vietnam on August 23, 1968. As part of this year’s Memorial Day commemoration, members of the Williamsburg community gather at the restored gravesite of Sergeant Alphin to honor the man, his military service and his legacy in an intimate, yet powerful ceremony.
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