Easter Egg Roll, Saturday 30th March 2024

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We’re happy to announce the first ever Douglas Park Spring Egg Hunt! The Douglas Park Civic Association is looking forward to your family joining us for this new neighborhood event. We will have eggs to find, an Easter Bunny kids can take pictures with, and a glitter face paint station. The event will take place the Saturday before Easter, March 30th, from 10:00am – 12:00pm, with the Egg Hunt starting promptly at 10:30am. Participants can enter Douglas Park near the corner of South Quincy Street and 16th Street South (1602 S Quincy St, Arlington, VA 22204).

RSVPs are required so we can plan to accommodate all of the kids. There will be three separated egg hunts by age group. The first group will be for 1-2 year olds, who can turn in empty eggs for a little toy. The second age group will be 2-7 year olds, who will hunt for eggs filled with candy. The third age group will be 7+ year olds, who will also hunt for eggs filled with candy.
 
We are asking families to bring a food donation for the Arlington Food Assistance Center, or families can make a monetary donation to AFAC at the event. Please bring your own bag to hold eggs during the egg hunt. Please remember to return the empty eggs as they exit the event so we can re-use them next year. We are also in need of volunteers, so please sign up to set up, help out with the Easter Bunny and egg hunts, and clean up. In the event of spring showers, we will reschedule the event for the following Saturday April 7th. 
 
We would like to especially thank our neighbor Tim and Louise Blasius who are making this event happen!
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41st Annual Fourth of July Parade and Potluck

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Neighbors, We hope you can join us this year for our 41st Annual Douglas Park Civic Association Fourth of July Parade and Potluck on Tuesday 4 July 2023! All neighbors are invited to attend, and the event is free of charge. We just ask if you are planning on attending the potluck that you bring […]

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Listserv Changes

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As many of you are aware, Yahoo! is making some pretty significant changes to Yahoo! Groups this fall. Yahoo! Groups is the service provider for our listserv. Because of these and other changes, we have decided to move the listserv to groups.io; a dedicated listerv hosting company started by Mark Fletcher who was one of the pioneers of listerv platforms. Our listserv is in the queue for transition (as are a LOT of other groups; Yahoo’s actions have precipitated a mass exodus). If all goes to plan, all current listserv members should be transferred to the new platform once the transition is complete. We will be communicating to the listserv as we work through the transition and eventually retiring the current listserv. If you’ve not signed up for the listserv before, now is the time to get a jump on the new platform; just send an email to dpca-listserv+subscribe@groups.io.

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35th Annual Douglas Park 4th of July Parade and Picnic

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All Douglas Park residents are invited to the 35th Annual Douglas Park 4th of July Parade and Picnic. The neighborhood will gather in Monroe Park (14th St S at S Monroe St) at 10am on Tuesday the 4th for judging of the best parade floats, costumes, decorated bikes, and the coveted prize of Mr and Ms Douglas Park. The parade itself starts at 10:30am from Monroe Park, proceeding along S Nelson Street to 18th St S, to S Quincy Street and into Douglas Park for the picnic. There will be live music, a moonbounce and sno-cones.

This is a pot-luck picnic, so bring your finest recipes to share:

Folks with last names beginning with A-M are asked to bring a side dish.
Folks with last names beginning with N-Z are asked to bring a dessert.

Free water and hot dogs provided by the Douglas Park Civic Association.

At noon, there will be a reading of the Declaration of Independence.

See you there!

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Civic Association Meeting Tuesday 16th June 2015

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The next Douglas Park Civic Association meeting will be held Tuesday 16 June at 7.00pm at the Arlington Baptist Church, 714 S Monroe Street.  This is a joint meeting with the Alcova Heights Civic Association. A potluck will precede the meeting at 6.30pm; those who wish to participate should bring dishes as follows: families with last names beginning with A-K bring a main dish, L-R bring a side, and S-Z bring a dessert.

The meeting will be devoted to Arlington Presbyterian Church’s plans to redevelop their property along Columbia Pike.  Initial plans for the site are available at

http://projects.arlingtonva.us/projects/arlington-presbyterian-church/.

This month’s newsletter is available here.
All are welcome to attend.

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Carnival de Oruro Parade, Sunday 15th March 2015

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The 2d Annual Carnival de Oruro Parade will take place on Sunday 15 March 2015 on Four Mile Run Dr. The parade will organize on S Shirlington Rd and march west on S Four Mile Run Dr to S Walter Reed Dr. The parade preparation begins at 9.30a with an 11a kickoff. The parade ends at 4p with teardown expected to be complete by 5.30p. Westbound Four Mile Run Drive will be closed for the event.

Due to some unfortunate issues with last year’s parade, the Arlington Special Events Committee has attached some additional conditions to the parade.  These include:

  • Increased police presence along parade route
  • Contracting with County staff to provide support with trash collection, e g, providing trash cans, recycling bins and a trash pick-up service
  • Addition of Arlington Fire Department / EMS medic unit on-site
  • Electronic messaging board placed out along parade route by Arlington police

The parade celebrates Bolivian culture and the Carnival of Oruro,a festival dating back more than 2000 years that takes place in Oruro, Bolivia. It is one of UNESCO’s Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Originally an indigenous festival, the modern celebration incorporates a Christian ritual around the Virgin of Socavón.

Comité pro Bolivia, the organizers of the event, invite the community to attend the parade.

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3d Annual Douglas Park Trail of Terror, Sat 25th Oct, 7-8.30p

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Prepare to meet your doom!

3d Annual Trail of Terror

The 3d Annual Douglas Park Trail of Terror is coming up  Saturday evening 25 October 2014 from 7–8.30p.  Entrance adjacent to 1620 S Quincy St.  Please bring a canned goods donation to benefit AFAC.

Check out more on the event’s Facebook page!

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Corso de Santa Cruz Parade, Saturday 7th June 2014

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The 3d Annual Corso de Santa Cruz—Bolivia Parade will take place on Saturday 7 June 2014 on Four Mile Run Dr. The parade organizes on S Shirlington Rd and marches west on S Four Mile Run Dr to S Walter Reed Dr. The parade preparation begins at 11a with a noon kickoff. The parade ends at 3.30p with teardown expected to be complete by 5p. Westbound Four Mile Run Drive will be closed for the event.

Agrobol, the organizers of the event, invite the community to attend the parade.

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Wakefield Alumni Association Announces Fall Bash

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Come join Wakefield alumni, staff, parents and wef_fall_bash_2013supporters of Warrior Nation at the annual fall bash!!

Saturday 2 November 2013, 7p to 2a at P Brennan’s, 2910 Columbia Pike

This is a party not to be missed!

  • Halloween costumes! Optional – prizes for best costumes – (better late then never)
  • Music by DJ Sabra! (featuring. 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, 00’s and today)
  • Door prizes! / Line dances! / 50/50 raffle!
  • Battle of the decades donation competition!

All proceeds go to the Wakefield Foundation Scholarship Fund—over $1 million given already! Suggested donation is $5, but give what you can.

P. Brennan’s is a two-storey restaurant and pub where Arlington Hardware used to live (at the corner of Columbia Pike and S Walter Reed Dr—plenty of room for everyone! www.pbrennans.com

Please note that parking is free after 6p in the Halstead Building underground parking lot behind P. Brennan’s. Do not park in the Rite-Aid or BB&T lots or you will be towed. Watch for posted No Parking signs.

Bus transportation available. Closest MetroRail stop: Pentagon

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The 31st Annual Douglas Park 4th of July Parade and Picnic

All Douglas Park residents are invited to our annual Parade and Picnic. The neighborhood gathers in Monroe Park (14th St S at S Monroe St) at 10am on the 4th for judging of the best parade floats, costumes, decorated bikes, and the coveted prize of Mr and Ms Douglas Park. The parade itself starts at 10:30am from Monroe Park, proceeding along S Nelson Street to 18th St S, to S Quincy Street and into Douglas Park for the picnic. There will be live music, a moonbounce and sno-cones.

It is a pot-luck picnic, so bring your finest recipes to share. Free water and hot dogs provided by the Douglas Park Civic Association.

At noon, there will be a reading of the Declaration of Independence.

See you there! And Happy birthday, USA!

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