ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, June 2, 1996 TAG: 9606010001
SECTION: TRAVEL PAGE: 8 EDITION: METRO
Flags, fireworks and the fife and drum corps will highlight a Fourth of July celebration in Colonial Williamsburg.
The corps will march down Duke of Gloucester Street to Bruton Parish Church where they will set up a military field altar with drums and flags. A ceremony will follow with prayers for peace and the nation.
A garden party with period entertainment and Virginia delicacies will be held at the Governor's Palace in the evening.
The day will conclude with fireworks and more music by the fife and drum corps on the Palace Green.
For more information, call 1-800-246-2099.
Corvettes, Harleys stars of Kentucky festival
The National Corvette Museum and motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson will hold an auto Independence Day event at the museum in Bowling Green, Ky.
The American Heritage Festival, which will be held July 4 through 6, will feature Corvette and Harley exhibits, factory seminars, flea markets, rallies and food.
Concerts will be held all three nights as well. Local bands will perform on July 4, Survivor and 38 Special will take the stage on July 5 and Faith Hill, Tim McGraw and George Jones will perform on July 6. The concerts will begin at 7 p.m. each night.
Advance ticket prices before June 28 are $55 for all three days, $40 for two days and $20 for one day. Tickets at the gate will be $25 per day or $60 for all three days. Children's tickets are $5 per day, advance or at the gate. Tickets include admission to the museum.
For more information, call 502-781-7973.
Wright house to reopen in Mount Vernon
The Pope-Leighey House in Mount Vernon, Va., designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is scheduled to reopen Saturday, commemorating the 129th anniversary of Wright's birth. The house has been closed for 13 months so it could be moved 30 feet and restored in its new site.
The house, built in 1940 for Loren Pope, a copy editor for The Washington Star, and later sold to Marjorie and Robert Leighey, residents of Northern Virginia, is an example of Wright's Usonian style house, the architect's name for the homes he designed for working-class people.
Built of cypress, brick and glass, the house exhibits many of the contributions Wright made to contemporary architecture. It is 1,200 square feet and has two bedrooms, one bath, a living room, a kitchen and a study.
The Pope-Leighey House is open daily from March to December; weekends only in January and February. The house is at 9000 Richmond Highway, at the intersection of U.S. 1 and Virginia 235 North, in Mount Vernon. Admission is $6, $4 for children and senior citizens. Information: (703) 780-4000.
-THE NEW YORK TIMES
Amtrak offers discount to attract families
Amtrak is encouraging family train travel by offering a half-price discount, through the month of September, for the second adult in a family of three or more traveling together. Tickets must be purchased by June 15.
The half-price deal is good on nearly all train service in the Northeast Corridor except for weekday Metroliners, and the special ``family fare'' is in addition to Amtrak's existing half-price fares for children 2 to 15 years old.
Families account for nearly 40 percent of all traveling in the Northeast Corridor, according to Amtrak.
For details or reservations, contact Amtrak at 800-872-7245.
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