*New Date!* Batter up! Join us for the grand opening of the new Dorey Baseball Stadium. We will start with a dedication at 6:45, followed by Varina HS and Henrico […]
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Root 5 Family Farms and co-host Keep Henrico Beautiful are excited to announce the first annual Native Plant Festival. With the help of many partners and sponsors, we are excited […]
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Juneteenth celebrates enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation reaching the westernmost Confederate state of Texas. The Proclamation went into effect in 1863, but this news was purposefully withheld from enslaved people […]
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Music, historical displays, fireworks will commemorate end of slavery in U.S.
Henrico County will celebrate Juneteenth — and the end of slavery in the United States — on Saturday, June 19, with a day of family fun and entertainment at Dorey Park.
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To celebrate Independence Day, patriotic displays will be at Dorey Park and Meadow Farm Museum at Crump Park July 1-5.
The annual community celebration of Independence Day, which had been scheduled to return to Dorey Park on Saturday, July 4, has attracted as many as 20,000 people for live music, a fireworks and laser light show and other entertainment. The Henrico County Division of Recreation and Parks, which organizes the event, concluded it would be unable to hold the event under current health regulations and guidelines for limiting spread of the coronavirus.
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The free event, produced by the Division of Recreation and Parks, will begin at 4 p.m. and provide an evening of family entertainment, including a performance by the Richmond Symphony and fireworks with a light-show finale.
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The Dorey Park Farmers Market will kick off its second season Saturday, June 1, offering fresh produce and other goods for sale from local farmers and vendors.
The market, which operates in cooperation with the Henrico County Division of Recreation and Parks, will open at 9 a.m. and include a ceremony at 9:30 a.m. to dedicate a new pavilion and celebrate the start of the 2019 season.
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The free event will begin at 5 p.m. and will feature family activities and live music, including a performance by the Richmond Symphony set to a fireworks and laser light show finale.
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