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Historic Tours

Free Weekly Ratcliffe-Allison-Pozer House guided tours:  
Second and Last Saturdays of the month, May – October, noon - 3 p.m.  Please check Tours and Programs page for any schedule changes. 
Open for short tours during many city special events: Ratcliffe-Allison-Pozer House tours on Independence Day, Friday, July 4, 11:30 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Free Old Town Fairfax Guided Walking Tours, are offered by Historic Fairfax City Inc. the last Saturdays of the month May - October. 

Self-guided tours of Old Town Fairfax are available with A Walk Through History, a free brochure available on the city website (click here) and from the Museum and Visitor Center, 10209 Main St.
Group Tours
Guided adult tours for groups of eight people or more at any city historic sites may be reserved for a $25 fee per group.
Guided youth tours for students and scouts are available; please make reservations at least one month in advance. Cost is $3 per child, chaperones free, no charge for schools located within the City of Fairfax. Programs are tailored for different age groups and educational needs, and incorporate hands-on activities. Space and staff scheduling limits apply.
  • Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center tour information: email, 703-385-8414
  • Historic Blenheim and the Civil War Interpretive Center tour information: email, 703-591-6728
  • Ratcliffe-Allison-Pozer House tour information: email, 703-385-8414

 

Bread or Blood: 1863 Richmond Women's Bread Riots

  • Date: 03/25/2023 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM  
  • Location: Civil War Interpretive Center at Historic Blenheim
    3610 Blenheim Blvd.
    Fairfax, Virginia 22030
  • Introduction: Kelly Hancock of the American Civil War Museum will discuss the 1863 Richmond women's bread riots. Learn how inflation and the scarcity of goods that led hundreds of poor and working-class women to protest, as well as the trials and laws passed in the aftermath.

Bread or Blood: 1863 Richmond Women's Bread Riots

Kelly Hancock, director of programs at the American Civil War Museum, will present how price controls, rising inflation, and wartime shortages led to the Richmond Bread Riot in the spring of 1863.  Learn how inflation and the scarcity of goods that led hundreds of poor and working-class women to protest, as well as the trials and laws passed in the aftermath. Meet the women involved in orchestrating the riot and explore the controversy over who ended it.

 Free event.  For information, call 703-591-0560.

 

 

 

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Bread or Blood: 1863 Richmond Women's Bread Riots

  • Date: 03/25/2023 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM  
  • Location: Civil War Interpretive Center at Historic Blenheim
    3610 Blenheim Blvd.
    Fairfax, Virginia 22030
  • Introduction: Kelly Hancock of the American Civil War Museum will discuss the 1863 Richmond women's bread riots. Learn how inflation and the scarcity of goods that led hundreds of poor and working-class women to protest, as well as the trials and laws passed in the aftermath.

Bread or Blood: 1863 Richmond Women's Bread Riots

Kelly Hancock, director of programs at the American Civil War Museum, will present how price controls, rising inflation, and wartime shortages led to the Richmond Bread Riot in the spring of 1863.  Learn how inflation and the scarcity of goods that led hundreds of poor and working-class women to protest, as well as the trials and laws passed in the aftermath. Meet the women involved in orchestrating the riot and explore the controversy over who ended it.

 Free event.  For information, call 703-591-0560.

 

 

 

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