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French Legion de l’honneur Award Ceremony
The Highest French Honor Comes to D-Day Veteran in Brevard by Janis Allen On December 7, U.S. Navy D-Day Veteran George Sarros will be given the French Légion d’honneur Medal by Consul General of France, Anne-Laure Dèsjonqueres, in a public ceremony at Brevard’s courthouse gazebo at 1:00 PM. (Inclement… Read More
Holiday Stay Discounts at Montfair Resort Farm
Holiday Stays: Montfair offers a 15% discount on three and four-night stays and 18.5 % on five-night stays, a 31% for a weeklong stay and 37% off a two week long stay! Celebrate Spring Break, Easter, Holi and Passover with a vacation in comfort, close to nature and the outdoors-… Read More
Blue Ridge Parkway featured in The Guardian
In the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia, on the trail of its old-time musical heritage
Live Music, History & Heritage, Arts & Culture
"Amid the clutter of instruments in Barr’s Fiddle Shop on Galax’s Main Street, three guys sat playing bluegrass tunes on guitar. Sometimes, the owner Stevie Barr – a man who had played for the Queen when she visited Virginia in 2010 – would join in." Read More
Join the U.S. Marines’ 247th Birthday Celebration!
The U.S. Marine Corps invites you to help celebrate its 247th birthday on November 10th, 2022. This is a very important day for all Marines who have served from across the world to gather, to celebrate, and toast our Corps. We invite you to our “birthday” celebration on November… Read More
June 5: How the American Home Front First Saw D-Day
Greg Wilsbacher, Ph.D., a University of South Carolina faculty librarian and curator of the famous Fox Movietone News Collection housed there, will present a muti-media program, How the American Homefront First Saw D-Day on June 5 at 2 p.m. at the Transylvania County Library’s Rogow Community Room, 212 S. Gaston… Read More
Late Summer Vacation Cottage Sale at Montfair Resort Farm, Hike, Bike, Canoe and Fish!
Enjoy a 15% discount off nightly vacation cottage rental rates now through October 31, 2024! Clean comfortable lakeside cottages with air conditioning, heat and Wi-Fi. Montfair Resort Farm is a perfect place to reconnect with family, loved ones and friends. Enjoy the end of summer days with onsite fishing, birdwatching,… Read More
Live: Charlie Ellis- Fridays & Saturdays
Free concerts every Friday and Saturday night with local jazz musician Charlie Ellis! Enjoy the music in the lobby and sitting rooms of the beautifully restored Green Park Inn. Read More
Marion Livermush Festival
Join us for a “squealin'” good time in Downtown Marion on June 1st! We will have free kids activities, a hog callin’ and pig squealin’ contest, and a food truck rodeo, with the best Food Truck Liver Mush dish earning a trophy! The winning hog callers and pig squealers win… Read More
Mountain Glory Festival
Celebrate small-town life in the mountains at the 42nd Annual Mountain Glory Festival on October 11th, 2025. From 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM Visitors looking for original handicrafts will find plenty of shopping choices with three jam packed blocks, featuring over 150 craft, food, non-profit and sponsor booths of… Read More
Oct. 20 Program: Loyal Forces: The American Animals of WWII
October 20 Program – Loyal Forces: The American Animals of World War II The Brevard College History Program and the Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas are pleased to host Brevard College alumna Toni McCourt Kiser for a discussion of her book, Loyal Forces: The American Animals of World… Read More