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Holiday Operating Schedule

2013 Calendar Year 

  • The Lee Center (administrative offices) and Durant Center are closed on all City holidays.
  •  Jerome "Buddie" Ford Nature Center is closed on Monday & Tuesday.
  • Chinquapin (closed for renovation May through September) and Neighborhood centers (Charles Barrett, Charles Houston, Cora Kelly, Mount Vernon, Nannie J. Lee, Patrick Henry, and William Ramsay) operate on City holidays as follows:

DATE 

HOLIDAY 

CENTER 

OPERATING SCHEDULE 

December 31 (Monday)New Year's Eve (2012)Chinquapin8 am - 6 pm
 Neighborhood Recreation Centers9 am - 6 pm
  Jerome "Buddie" Ford Nature CenterClosed
    
January 1 (Tuesday)New Year’s DayAll Facilities ClosedClosed
    
January 21 (Monday)Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. DayChinquapin & Charles Houston6 am - 6 pm
  Cora Kelly & William Ramsay9 am - 6 pm
  All Other FacilitiesClosed
    
February 18 (Monday)President’s DayChinquapin & Charles Houston6 am - 6 pm
  Cora Kelly & William Ramsay9 am - 6 pm
  All Other FacilitiesClosed
    
March 31 (Sunday)EasterAll FacilitiesClosed
    
May 27 (Monday)Memorial DayCharles Houston6 am - 3 pm
  All Other FacilitiesClosed
    
July 4 (Thursday)Independence DayCharles Houston6 am - 3 pm
  All Other FacilitiesClosed
    
September 2 (Monday)Labor DayCharles Houston6 am - 3 pm
  All Other Facilities Closed
    
October 14 (Monday)Columbus DayChinquapin & Charles Houston6 am - 6 pm
  Cora Kelly & William Ramsay9 am - 6 pm
  All Other Facilities Closed 
    
November 28 (Thursday)ThanksgivingAll FacilitiesClosed
    
November 29 (Friday)Day after Thanksgiving
(In lieu of Veteran’s Day)		Chinquapin & Charles Houston6 am - 6 pm
  Cora Kelly & William Ramsay9 am - 6 pm
  Jerome "Buddie" Ford Nature Center10 am - 5 pm
  All Other FacilitiesClosed
    
December 24 (Tuesday)

Christmas Eve

All FacilitiesClosed
    
December 25 (Wednesday)Christmas DayChinquapinClosed
    
December 31 (Tuesday)New Year’s EveChinquapin & Charles Houston6 am - 6 pm
  C. Barrett, C. Kelly, Mt. Vernon, NJ Lee, P. Henry, & W. Ramsay9 am - 6 pm
  Jerome "Buddie" Ford Nature CenterClosed
  • Click here for additional information on individual Neighborhood Recreation Centers.

1108 Jefferson St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
703.746.4343
Fax: 703.838.6344
E-Mail

Office Hours
Monday-Friday
8 am - 5 pm

James B. Spengler
Director
703.746.5500