Join us in Merchant Park for a free, family-friendly event commemorating the town’s 1749 charter, which made Dumfries the first chartered town in Virginia. Opening ceremony to be held at the William Grayson Memorial Bandstand at 11:00 am followed by a schedule of musical and dance performances. The Weems-Botts Museum will be free and open to the public and will feature costumed interpreters in living history vignettes. Come chat with Parson Weems himself! Food and craft vendors, living history demonstrations and reenactors, children’s activities, raffles, and informational tables on local resources and historical organizations will be open throughout the event. Sponsored by the Town of Dumfries. Parking available alongside Merchant Park, in the Dumfries United Methodist Church parking lot, and in the Dumfries Elementary School Park lot (both parking lots are a very short walk to the park).