Wednesday May 16, 2012
Kings Dominion theme park pays tribute to the armed forces during
Memorial Day weekend 2012. On Saturday and Sunday of the long holiday weekend, active duty and retired military personnel will be offered free admission with a valid military ID or discharge papers. Military bands will perform on Sunday, a special fireworks show will light up the sky on Saturday and Sunday nights and tickets may be purchased online in advance for an all-you-can-eat barbeque lunch.
Memorial Day weekend is a great time to kick off the summer season with a visit to Kings Dominion. While there, you can test your coaster courage on the 5,100-foot long steel Intimidator 305. Only the second Giga-coaster built in North America, Intimidator 305 is the tallest and fastest roller coaster of its type on the East Coast.
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(Pictured Above) The new Intimidator 305 at Kings Dominion - Photo Credit: Cedar Fair Entertainment Company
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From historic downtown Wilmington and the Battleship North Carolina on the Cape Fear River to the popular nearby beach areas, the Cape Fear Coast is a good choice for a
Memorial Day weekend getaway or day-trip. The area is family friendly and budget travel friendly with several nice family oriented beaches, nature areas, museums and historic sites. Many scheduled Memorial Day weekend events offer free or low-cost fun for all ages.
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Virginia Beach visitors have been making summertime memories on the famous
Virginia Beach Boardwalk for decades upon decades. Summer 2012 along the Boardwalk offers plenty of
free entertainment, frequent fireworks shows and more than ten special seasonal events.
Holiday weekend events include:
Salute to Summer during
Memorial Day Weekend,
Stars and Stripes Explosion during the
Fourth of July Holiday Weekend and the
Verizon Wireless American Music Festival, one of the largest outdoor music events on the East Coast, during
Labor Day Weekend.
Virginia Beach Boardwalk 2012 Fireworks Schedule -
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"Flags In", a Memorial Day weekend tribute at Arlington National Cemetery, is a stirring annual tradition. Every year, just before
Memorial Day weekend, soldiers of the elite 3rd U.S. Infantry, The Old Guard, gather to place American flags at the gravestones and niches of every buried or inurned service member. When the task is completed, all of the gravestones and columbarium niches of fallen veterans are honored with flags. Throughout the weekend, Old Guard soldiers stay in the cemetery, ensuring that a flag stands at each gravestone.
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