Celebrate America’s 250th anniversary by walking the grounds of historic sites, exploring nature parks and trails and stepping into the stories that shaped our nation. Take part in living history events, join hands-on programs, hike with guides and engage in community celebrations that honor the past, highlight the present and shape the future.
Four Sundays. Seven historic sites. Countless stories waiting to be discovered.
Celebrate America’s 250th anniversary by exploring the places where Fairfax County helped shape the nation’s story during the September Sundays Free Tour Series, sponsored by the Fairfax250 Commission. Every Sunday in September, historic sites across the county open their doors for free guided tours, inviting visitors to experience working mills, historic homes, archaeology, gardens, walking tours and living history.
Each week offers something different, so come once — or make it your September tradition and visit them all.
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Registration is free, but space is limited. FREE • Sundays in September • Advance Registration Required
Explore local history, share what you learn and take action in your community. Complete Fairfax 250 activities across parks, historic sites and trails to earn your patch.
Can you save history before the clock runs out? Work with your team to uncover clues and prove a local landmark’s connection to legendary double agent James Armistead Lafayette.
This interactive history game connects to the VA250 and Fairfax250 commemoration.
Celebrate Fairfax County's role in America's 250th anniversary with a free, self-guided adventure through parks, historic sites, nature centers and recreation facilities. Download the Discovery Map, visit participating locations, answer site questions and explore the people, places and stories that helped shape Fairfax County.
Discover hands-on programs, guided tours, lectures, camps and special events that bring 250 years of history, nature, agriculture and community stories to life across Fairfax County parks.
New programs are added throughout the year.
Join guided tours that honor our shared past. With docents, interpreters and living history programs, Fairfax County’s historic sites invite you to see, learn and connect with America’s story.
Step inside a working 19th-century gristmill and see flour and cornmeal being ground the same way it was in 1811. Explore the grinding floor, the gear pit and learn how innovation and community shaped life at Colvin Run.
Visit the 1784 house at Green Spring Gardens and uncover stories of its early owners and the enslaved people who lived there. Learn how this home evolved into today’s horticultural and historic destination.
Climb to a hilltop villa with sweeping views of Hybla Valley. Explore the 1825 Federal-style home, farm outbuildings and stories of the Huntley community that reflect America’s quest for freedom.
Travel through time at Sully, where history stretches from the 1700s to the 1950s. Walk through the 1794 house, the kitchen, laundry and dwellings that reveal the lives of enslaved people and families who lived and worked here.
