1,846 things to do in Triangle, VA starting between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. this week, Wednesday, November 11 through Tuesday, November 17. On the first page: 15 community, 9 family, 8 talks + ideas, 5 art. Among them: Veterans Day Christmas Ornament Class (for veterans and first responders) at 19Hands (Wednesday 9 a.m.); Fountainhead West: Bull Run-Occoquan Trail Access Road to Wolf Run at Venue at 10875 Hampton Road (Wednesday 9 a.m.); Lives Bound Together: Slavery at Mount Vernon Exhibit at George Washington's Mount Vernon (Wednesday 9 a.m.); Mount Vernon Salutes Veterans at George Washington's Mount Vernon (Wednesday 9 a.m.). Every listing links the venue's or organizer's own page it was checked against.
Lives Bound Together, an exhibit on the 317 enslaved people who lived and worked at Mount Vernon: their families, communities and possessions, told through ancestral histories and recently excavated artifacts.
Mount Vernon Salutes Veterans: free admission for military personnel, music by the fifer, the United States Air Force Strings and the Harmony Heritage Singers, and a wreath-laying ceremony.
An exhibition of Gari Melchers' studies for history murals commissioned for prominent libraries and two state capitols. Dozens of GMHS sketches and paintings, inches to nine feet tall, show his process. Subjects run from allegory to posthumous portraits, among them General Nathanael Greene, Commodore Oliver Perry and Mark Twain.
A Veterans Day Street Cleanup with Friends of Accotink Creek and Fairfax County Restoration Project, clearing illegal dumping on Americana Drive. Come prepared to get dirty.
A beginner-friendly firearm experience from Trouble Defense LLC: safety instruction, supervised live-fire range time, a chance to try different firearms, and shooting games with step-by-step coaching.
ParkingWe have free and metered street parking available in our neighborhood.Visitors can find 2-3 hours of free or metered parking within a block of the shop.From fibrespace.com, Oct 24, 2026
Spy Academy: Mission ImPossible!, a Veterans Day mini camp for grades K-5 from Encore Stage & Studio, where young secret agents train with gadgets and teamwork.
ParkingSince metered street parking is minimal, reserve your parking with SpotHero , the nation’s leading parking reservation app.From nmwa.org, Oct 24, 2026
The house where George Washington was born is long gone, so a memorial house went up in 1931 to honor his early life. Meet a ranger or take an audio tour on the NPS app. Free.
Core Values Seminar – Justice: a deep dive into one of the values guiding Jubilee's work supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Free for Jubilee employees and the people supported.
Breakfast and Conversation at the Kosher Pastry Oven in Silver Spring, a family-run kosher bakery and café on Lamberton Drive that has served the community since 1992.
Color Columbia, an exhibit of artwork made by local artists at the annual plein air paint out at Lake Kittamaqundi and Wilde Lake, juried by Amanda Milliner. Free.
ParkingParking without residential restrictions is available at meters on Pennsylvania Avenue, SE in front of the building.From hillcenterdc.org, Oct 24, 2026
ArrivingSeating is general admission on a first come, first served basis. Doors open 30 minutes prior to the event.From hillcenterdc.org, Oct 24, 2026
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The National Archives Highlight of the Collections Tour, in Washington. On the museum's upper level, the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom is the permanent home of the original Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States, and Bill of Rights.
Gentle, traditional yoga with Beth Lawrence, drawing on Sivananda and Integral Yoga: a full body warm up, poses for strength and flexibility, and a deep final relaxation.
Alphabet Soup: stories, songs and activities from specially trained staff to help children get ready to read. Designed for birth to age 5; all ages welcome with a caregiver.
Historic Blenheim, a c.1859 brick farmhouse whose walls carry more than 120 Union soldier signatures, drawings and poems from the Civil War. Free guided house tours start at the Civil War Interpretive Center, with 12 acres of grounds to walk.
Alphabet Soup: specially trained staff present stories, songs and activities that help children get ready to read. Designed for birth to age 5, with a caregiver.