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Mark your calendar: 49th Annual ‘Festival of Leaves’ is this Saturday, October 12th
Melanie Gregory, Allan Fox, Loraine Dovell and Deborah Cory brings us up-to-date on the Festival of Leaves. Photo and video by Mark Williams, Royal Examiner.
This Saturday, October 12th, marks the 49th year of the Warren Heritage Society’s annual fundraiser, the Festival of Leaves. Please mark your calendar and plan on joining us on Saturday, October 12, 2019, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
The Festival takes place in historic downtown Front Royal, Virginia, on Chester and Main Streets. Come enjoy Front Royal at its best. Arts and crafts abound in the heart of our historic district.
Several musical acts will provide all day entertainment. Come enjoy Heritage Square on the grounds of the Warren Heritage Society at 101 Chester Street where you will find museums, tours of our historic homes – Belle Boyd Cottage (Front Royal home of Confederate spy Belle Boyd) and 18th century Balthis House – and their outbuildings, re-enactors, living history demonstrations, crafts people, and apple butter making, to name a few. Plan on joining us for a day of fun for all ages.
Watch this exclusive Royal Examiner video and get caught up on all the happenings this weekend:
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