Thursday, May 07, 2009

Cheap dates

Free Mother’s Day tours
Two Alexandria museums, Gadsby’s Tavern Museum and the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum offer free tours Sunday for Mother’s Day for all visiting mothers. Mom can get a tour of these Old Town Alexandria historic sites from noon to 5 p.m.
Mothers can tour both museums for free. Admission is $4 for all other adults and $2 for children, ages 11 to 17.
Gadsby’s Tavern Museum is at 134 North Royal St., and the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum is at 105-107 South Fairfax St.
From 1 to 5 p.m., Gadsby’s Tavern Museum will also have junior docents, volunteers from grades 2 through 5.
More information is available by calling 703-838-4242 or from gadsbystavern.org.

Air show, open house
Andrews Air Force Base’s annual Joint Services Open House and Air Show is May 15 through 17.
The event is a chance for the general public, with no military connections, to see the aircraft, interact with military members and see aircraft-related hardware.
This year, there is twice as much transportation from FedEx Field to the air show.
The air show begins May 15 for DoD ID cardholders and school-sponsored children and opens to the general public May 16 and May 17. Admission is free.