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[Jerry King]

Celebrate National Trails Day
Saturday, June 5 at 9 AM
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Bicycle Tour

Join us for a two-hour 10-mile* bike ride through history.
Cross the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and meet costumed interpreters at two historic sites caught up in the Chesapeake Campaign of the War of 1812
Select from one of two start locations:
Carlyle House Historic Park, a property of the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
121 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia
http://www.nvrpa.org/parks/carlylehouse/index.php 
Oxon Hill Farm, a property of the National Park Service
6411 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, Maryland
http://www.nps.gov/oxhi/index.htm

*An additional two-hour 20-mile loop to Fort Washington Park along a segment of the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail departs from Oxon Hill Farm at noon and includes an interpretive program at Fort Washington.
The tours are free, but helmets, reservations, and a signed waiver are required. Children under 16 years of age must be accompanied by a participating adult. Routes include some street cycling and steep hills.

For more information contact ruth.reeder at alexandriava.gov or call Alexandria Archaeology at 703.746.4399.
Bike and Roll Alexandria is offering a discount on bike rentals for National Trails Day riders.
Contact www.bikethesites.com for details.
Sponsored by the National Park Service, Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority,
City of Alexandria’s Office of Historic Alexandria, Oxon Hill Bicycle and Trail Club, and BikeWalk Alexandria
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