This Weekend's Events - Nov 10-11

Every Thursday I will endeavor to list as many family-friendly happenings in the area for the coming weekend. Please come back and post comments if you attend any of these events.

**All 398 U.S. National Parks offering FREE admission on Veterans Day Weekend! (Nov 10-12)

Maryland

• Rockville Town Square Outdoor Ice Skating Rink Grand Opening - Nov 9, 6:30-10pm
• Fall Festival at the Village of Rockville - Nov 10, 9:30am-2pm, 9701 Veirs Drive
• The Puppet Co. Playhouse - Second Hand Stars - Nov 10, 10-10:30am, Glen Echo
• Czechoslovak Christmas Bazaar - 12-4pm, 6302 River Road, Bethesda
• 42nd Annual Waterfowl Festival - Easton, http://www.waterfowlfestival.org/
• Colonial Craft Day - Nov 10, Mount Clare Museum House, Baltimore, http://www.mountclare.org/index.html
• Maryland Irish Festival - Timonium, http://irishfestival.com.s141542.gridserver.com/
• Fells Point Ghost Walk - Baltimore, http://www.baltimoreghosttours.com/
• Beauty & the Beast - Nov 10, 11:30am, Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park, $10
• Free Introductory Horseback Riding Lesson - Nov 10, 1:30pm, 1701 Ednor Rd, Silver Spring
• Chocolate Factory Tour - Nov 10, 2pm, 360 Main Street, Gaithersburg

Virginia

• Family History Day/Native American Day - Nov 10, 11-4pm, Rippon Lodge, Woodbridge http://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/publicworks/hp/Pages/Rippon-Lodge.aspx
• Super Science Saturday, To the Moon and Beyond - Nov 10, 10-3pm, Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly
• Lee Fendall House Museum & Garden - Free in November, http://www.leefendallhouse.org/
• National Museum of the Marine Corps, Family Day - Nov 10, 12-3pm, Free, Triangle, http://www.usmcmuseum.com/index.asp (ceremonial sword cake-cutting at noon)
• The Sugar Cube Kids Class - Truffles - Nov 10, 10am-Noon, Alexandra http://www.sugarcubesweets.com/events/kids-class-truffles-1-0/
• Veterans Day at Mount Vernon - Nov 11, 9am-4pm, free ro active and retired military personnel, http://www.mountvernon.org/calendar/view/2012-11-11/5035
• Alexandria-National Harbor Water Taxi Tour - http://www.potomacriverboatco.com/national-harbor.php
• Great Falls Farmers Market Cooking Demonstration - Nov 10, 9am-1pm, 750 Walker Rd, Great Falls, VA (demonstrations at 9am and 10am, tastings open until 1pm)
• Shaolin Warriors: Voices of the Masters - Kung Fu, acrobatics and more!, Nov 10 at 8pm, Nov 11 at 4pm, George Mason University Center for the Arts,  Fairfax, http://cfa.gmu.edu/calendar/1093/
• Ethan Allen's Holiday Decorating Workshop - Nov 11, 11am, 8520 Leesburg Pike, Suite A, Vienna
• American Freedom Festival - Patriot Center at the George Mason University, Fairfax
• Arlington National Cemetery - Nov 11, 11am,, Wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
• Manassas Veterans Day Parade - Nov 10, 11am

Washington DC

• Kids Euro-Festival - Various locations,  http://www.kidseurofestival.org/
• Tea with Mrs B. - Ettiquette & Tea Party for the whole Family - Nov 11, 1pm, The Fairfax at Embassy Row, http://www.washingtonian.com/events/2012/10/16/tea-with-mrs-b-holiday-etiquette-and-ta-party-for-the-entire-family.php
• DC TV and Movie Sites Tour - Nov 10, 10am -12:30pm, Union Station,  $36
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Nov 11, 1pm, Speakers & wreath-laying
• World War II Memorial - Nov 11, 9am, Wreath-laying ceremony
• Navy Memorial - Nov 11, 1pm, Wreath-laying ceremony
• Air Force Memorial - Nov 11, 11am, Wreath-laying ceremony

More Veterans Day Events...

• http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/veterans-day-events-to-be-held-across-dc-region/2011/11/09/gIQA18fI6M_story.html
• Parades - http://www.vetfriends.com/parades/directory.cfm?state=MD