Latest Past Events

Interactive Plein Air Art Event with the Fairfax Art League

Civil War Interpretive Center at Historic Blenheim 3610 Blenheim Blvd, Fairfax

Bring your painting and drawing materials and join local artists on the Historic Blenheim landscape! Have your face painted and paint pumpkins! Take a tour in the Historic Blenheim House to see the plein air watercolors created by the last descendant of the house, Barbara Scott.  She invited her friends over for plein air parties! Limited art canvases will […]

Free

Dairy Day at the Willcoxon Farm (Historic Blenheim)

Civil War Interpretive Center at Historic Blenheim 3610 Blenheim Blvd, Fairfax

Historic Blenheim became a thriving dairy farm after the Civil War.  What do we get from cows?  MILK.  What can we make from milk? ICE CREAM and BUTTER. Learn about the former dairy farm and have fun making ice cream and butter at this family friendly event.

Free

Free Family Graffiti Event

Civil War Interpretive Center at Historic Blenheim 3610 Blenheim Blvd, Fairfax

Federal soldiers left their names, writing and drawings on the walls of the Historic Blenheim in 1862-63.  Join us on the landscape to express yourself with drawings and words and make something to take home!  Local muralists will guide and create a graffiti mural with visitors to be displayed onsite. Visit the graffiti left by […]

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