Call (804) 863-0212 for more information or a Patriotic Pet Parade registration form.

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Our Sunset Series In The Park is the perfect way to spend a summer evening.

Date: July 10
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Fort Clifton Park (100 Brockwell Lane, Colonial Heights, VA)
Featuring: Chuck’s Garage Band
Food Trucks: All American Eats and Mi Rodeo

FREE ENTRY

About The Band:

A versatile live band blending country, yacht rock, and rock ’n’ roll, known for tight vocal harmonies, smooth lead instrumentation, and a solid, driving rhythm section. Their sound combines laid-back groove with classic and modern influences, creating an easygoing but engaging live music experience built for dancing and singalongs.

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Our Sunset Series In The Park is the perfect way to spend a summer evening.

Date: July 16
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Fort Clifton Park (100 Brockwell Lane, Colonial Heights, VA)
Featuring: Ten4One
Food Trucks: All American Eats and Mi Rodeo

FREE ENTRY

About The Band:

Ten4One is a high-energy Virginia-based rock band known for performing a mix of cover songs and original music across a wide range of styles. Their setlist spans classic rock, 1990s and 2000s hits, country favorites, and popular pop anthems, designed to connect with broad audiences and keep live shows engaging. The band regularly performs at local venues including bars, restaurants, and breweries, focusing on creating an upbeat, interactive live music experience that brings strong crowd energy and a dance-friendly atmosphere to every performance.

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Our Sunset Series In The Park is the perfect way to spend a summer evening.

Date: July 24
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Fort Clifton Park (100 Brockwell Lane, Colonial Heights, VA)
Featuring: Lost In The Shuffle
Food Trucks: All American Eats and Mi Rodeo

FREE ENTRY

About The Band:

Lost In The Shuffle is a Virginia-based classic country and dance band that performs throughout the Richmond and Fredericksburg regions. Known for an energetic, crowd-friendly style, the group is a regular presence at local venues and events. Their setlist spans a wide mix of music designed for dancing and broad audience appeal, including classic country favorites, 1980s and 1990s country hits, contemporary country tracks, and select classic rock songs.

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Our Sunset Series In The Park is the perfect way to spend a summer evening.

Date: July 31
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Fort Clifton Park (100 Brockwell Lane, Colonial Heights, VA)
Featuring: The Band Monarch
Food Trucks: All American Eats and Mi Rodeo

FREE ENTRY

About The Band:

The Band Monarch is an eclectic mix of folk/southern/blues/traditional rock band, inspired by the sights and sounds of a bygone era. Based in Virginia Beach, the band got their start in 2024 playing throughout the Hampton Roads area of coastal Virginia but quickly became something greater. With powerful guitar by Logan Barnes, soul-shaking bass by Jordan Cady, and booming drums by Kane Adams, we became a staple in the 757 music scene. With Clover Stokes as the lead singer and songwriter, each song packs a punch! If you’re looking for a band that can go from soft, heartfelt ballads to soulful hard rock all within one night, you came to the right place!

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Join us as presenters will share artifacts from everyday items like pottery and utensils to tools and crafts from the nineteenth century, and they’ll explain how they were made and used.

11 AM: Ordinary Objects Among the Antebellum Population

Presenters will discuss the everyday objects (pottery, utensils, etc.) of the past and how they differ among various classes of people. See items displayed from the park’s collection such as pottery and glass that have been unearthed on park property..

12 PM: World of Wood

This presentation will showcase dozens of tools and a presenter will explain the importance of woodworking in the nineteenth century.

2 PM: Basketmaking Demonstration

This program allows visitors to see baskets in various stages of completion, and walk them through the steps taken to turn wood into a basket.

Focus Weekend Programs are included with paid daily park admission from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. One of “Virginia’s Best Places to Visit” according to the Travel Channel, and designated as a National Historic Landmark, Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier is a 424-acre Civil War campus located in Dinwiddie County, Virginia offering a combination of high-tech museums and hands-on experiences. The Park has four world-class museums and four antebellum homes. The Park is also the site of The Breakthrough Battlefield of April 2, 1865.

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Join us on a SUNSET WALKING TOUR – a free & family-friendly program discussing historic places and events related to the Petersburg Campaign of the Civil War.

Earthworks are a physical reminder of the Civil War. Discover what earthworks reveal about military engineers and the lives of common soldiers at Fort Fisher. Learn about the ongoing efforts of park staff and volunteers to preserve the largest earthen fort at Petersburg National Battlefield.

All programs are free and open to the public. Programs are 60-90 minutes and require a small amount of walking. Drinking water and comfortable shoes are recommended. All programs are subject to cancellation due to weather or other issues. Check Petersburg National Battlefield’s Facebook page for updates (@PetersburgNPS). For more information please call (804) 732-3531. Petersburg National Battlefield and Petersburg Battlefields Foundation are partnering for a fifth year to offer these tours once a month between May and August.

[Photo: Fort Fisher, Petersburg National Battlefield]

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Partner museums will have displays and more for visitors to see and experience. Presentations by authors and historians will be throughout the weekend.

World War II, which was fought between 1939 and 1945, cost an estimated 85 million casualties both military and civilian worldwide. The United States military casualties amounted to 416,800. While many were thankful for the surrender in Europe on May 8, 1945 the war in the Pacific raged on and was far from over. The battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa during the first half of the year gave a glimpse of the carnage awaiting invasion forces set to strike the Japanese home islands. A planned Allied invasion on the island of Kyushu was set for November 1st. There 500,000 Japanese troops were in position and another 6 million were under arms or able to be called into service. This invasion did not come to pass. The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki forced Imperial Japan to accept an unconditional surrender. The terms were accepted on August 14, 1945 and a formal document signing ceremony took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2nd.

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12:00 p.m. Tudor Hall Plantation Tour

This tour will guide visitors through Tudor Hall Plantation where they will see a 19th century plantation and learn about the roles of the farmers, enslaved population, merchants and various products made from tobacco.

1:00 p.m. Tobacco and the Breakthrough Battlefield

The forms of tobacco used by soldiers from comfort to trade will be discussed at the park’s recreated Military Encampment and a brief tour of the Breakthrough Battlefield will follow.

3:00 p.m. Tobacco in the Civil War and Beyond

This presentation will explore the different uses of tobacco by Union and Confederate soldiers and the mythology around it’s use by General U.S. Grant. Additionally, participants will learn about the post-war popularity and the birth of the Havana cigar culture, which persists to the present day.

Focus Weekend Programs are included with paid daily park admission from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. One of “Virginia’s Best Places to Visit” according to the Travel Channel, and designated as a National Historic Landmark, Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier is a 424-acre Civil War campus located in Dinwiddie County, Virginia offering a combination of high-tech museums and hands-on experiences. The Park has four world-class museums and four antebellum homes. The Park is also the site of The Breakthrough Battlefield of April 2, 1865.

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