Members of the Northern Virginia Mountain Players perform during the Great Falls Park Spring in the Park Festival Saturday
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park’s first Spring in the Park was celebrated by the visitors this past weekend. The park plans to repeat this event annually. On Saturday, an event named Mules, Music and More was held. The event featured Dolly, one of the mules that pull the Charles F. Mercer canal boat. Dolly was just back from her winter at Mount Vernon in Virginia, ready to greet visitors, especially the children who couldn’t keep from petting her and asking Ranger Mark Myers questions about Dolly and the other mules who will summer at Great Falls. Continue reading