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SPRING FLUFF-UP, FORT WARD PARK, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA

Time to Primp Your Packard! Cuddle Your Cadillac! Lavish Your Lincoln! Indulge Your Imperial! Hug Your Hudson! Nuzzle Your Nash! Straddle Your Studebaker! Fondle Your Ford! Mbrace Your Mercedes! Buff Your Buick! And Rub Your Rambler! It’s Fluff-Up time once again!

Yes, can you believe it; Spring Fluff-Up is here! On Saturday, April 30, 2011, we are venturing down South for this year’s annual event.

Fort Ward Park, Area 2 in the back
4301 West Braddock Road
Alexandria, VA 22302
Saturday April 30
10:00-2:00 (those wishing to help set up, arrive at 9:30 am)
Lunch from the grill not the grille, served at noon.
Park website: http://alexandriava.gov/FortWard

There are picnic tables and grills, so this year, we will be serving cookout fare – no potluck necessary. However, if you wish to bring something sweet and tasty, we won’t stop you! The cost is $15 for lunch, paid at the event. RSVP to straight-eights-president@comcast.net if you definitely plan to attend, so we can get enough wieners! If the weather looks questionable, look for an email early that morning to see that the event will happen unless we get a torrential downpour.

If you would like to bring a jar of peanut butter or treats for the Washington Animal Rescue League, please do, and give them to Milton.

Directions from several starting points in alphabetical order:

FROM BALTIMORE

  1. Starting in BALTIMORE, MD on E FAYETTE ST go toward N HOLLIDAY ST
  2. Bear Right on W FAYETTE ST
  3. Turn Left on N GREENE ST(MD-295 S)
  4. Continue to follow MD-295 S
  5. Continue on DC-295 S
  6. Merge onto I-295 S
  7. Take exit #3A/SUITLAND PARKWAY/US NAVAL STATION onto SUITLAND PKY SE
  8. Take ramp onto I-295 N toward MARINE BARRACKS
  9. Merge onto I-395 S
  10. Take exit #5/KING ST onto KING ST(VA-7 E)
  11. Turn Right on MENOKIN DR(VA-401)
  12. Turn Left on N EARLY ST
  13. Turn Right on W BRADDOCK RD
  14. Arrive at 4301 W BRADDOCK RD, ALEXANDRIA, on the Right
  15. Then just follow the roadway to Area #2 in the back.

 

FROM RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

  1. Starting in RICHMOND, VA on E BROAD ST go toward N 9TH ST
  2. Turn Right on N 7TH ST
  3. Take ramp onto I-95 N toward AIRPORT/CHARLOTTESVILLE (I-64 W)/WASHINGTON
  4. Continue on I-395 N toward WASHINGTON
  5. Take exit #5/KING ST onto KING ST(VA-7 E) toward ALEXANDRIA
  6. Turn Right on MENOKIN DR(VA-401)
  7. Turn Left on N EARLY ST
  8. Turn Right on W BRADDOCK RD
  9. Arrive at 4301 W BRADDOCK RD, ALEXANDRIA, on the Right
  10. Then just follow the roadway to Area #2 in the back.

 

FROM ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

  1. Starting in ROCKVILLE, MD on MARYLAND AVE go toward FLEET ST
  2. Continue on GREAT FALLS RD(MD-189 S)
  3. Bear Left to take ramp onto I-270 LOCAL S
  4. Merge onto I-270 S
  5. Take Right fork onto I-270-SPUR S toward I-270/WASHINGTON/I-495/NORTHERN VIRGINIA
  6. Merge onto I-495 S
  7. Take exit #43-44/GEO WASH MEM PKWY/WASHINGTON/GEORGETOWN PIKE onto G. WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PKY S toward #43/GEO WASH MEM PKWY/WASHINGTON
  8. Take ramp onto WASHINGTON BLVD(VA-27 S) toward LYNDON B. JOHNSON MEMORIAL GROVE/PENTAGON
  9. Take Left ramp onto I-395 S toward S ARL RIDGE RD/RICHMOND
  10. Take exit #5/KING ST onto KING ST(VA-7 E)
  11. Turn Right on MENOKIN DR(VA-401)
  12. Turn Left on N EARLY ST
  13. Turn Right on W BRADDOCK RD
  14. Arrive at 4301 W BRADDOCK RD, ALEXANDRIA, on the Right
  15. Then just follow the roadway to Area #2 in the back.

 

FROM WASHINGTON DC

  1. Starting in WASHINGTON, DC on 14TH ST NW go toward JEFFERSON DR SW
  2. Continue on US-1 S
  3. Merge onto I-395 S
  4. Take exit #5/KING ST onto KING ST(VA-7 E)
  5. Turn Right on MENOKIN DR(VA-401)
  6. Turn Left on N EARLY ST
  7. Turn Right on W BRADDOCK RD
  8. Arrive at 4301 W BRADDOCK RD, ALEXANDRIA, on the Right
  9. Then just follow the roadway to Area #2 in the back.

 

FROM WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA

  1. Starting in WINCHESTER, VA on N CAMERON ST go toward ROUSS AVE
  2. Turn Right on E PICCADILLY ST(VA-7)
  3. Bear Left to follow VA-7
  4. Turn Right on JOLLEY LN
  5. Turn Left on LINCOLN ST
  6. Turn Right on NATIONAL AVE(VA-7)
  7. Bear Left to follow VA-7
  8. Continue on US-15-BYP N
  9. Take the DULLES GREENWAY EAST/DULLES AIRPORT/WASHINGTON exit onto VA-267 E (Toll applies)
  10. Take exit #18/BALTIMORE/RICHMOND onto I-495 S toward RICHMOND (Toll applies)
  11. Take exit #57B/WASHINGTON onto I-395 N
  12. Take exit #5/KING ST onto KING ST(VA-7 E) toward ALEXANDRIA
  13. Turn Right on MENOKIN DR(VA-401)
  14. Turn Left on N EARLY ST
  15. Turn Right on W BRADDOCK RD
  16. Arrive at 4301 W BRADDOCK RD, ALEXANDRIA, on the Right
  17. Then just follow the roadway to Area #2 in the back.

 

Fort Ward is the best preserved of the system of Union forts and batteries built to protect Washington, DC, during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Fort Ward Museum interprets the site's history and offers exhibits on Civil War topics, education and interpretive programs, tours, lecture and video series, bus tours, and living history activities throughout the year. The Museum and Historic Site also interpret Alexandria, Virginia, as an occupied city, the city's role as a vital Union Army crossroads, life within the Defenses of Washington, and the everyday life of Civil War soldiers and civilians. The historic fort provides visitors with an excellent understanding of Civil War-era military engineering. About 90% of the fort's earthwork walls are preserved and the Northwest Bastion has been restored and reconstructed to its original condition.

This is our first 2011 event where we can bring our cars, so we look forward to seeing all of you there in your shining chrome-laden glory!