2022 MILITARY EVENTS IN WASHINGTON DC
The military events in DC listed below are suspended in 2021 due to the pandemic. This listing is provided in order for customers to plan for 2022.
MARCH 2022
- Sunday Afternoons, USMC Band at various area locations.
APRIL 2022
- Sunday Afternoons, USMC Band at various area locations.
MAY 2022
- Fridays, 7:45-10:00PM: USMC Parade at Marine Corps Barracks Washington.
- Saturdays, 7:00PM. USN Band, Various Area Locations
- First Saturday, 10:00-4:00PM. Grant Hall Open House at Fort McNair. Visit the actual trial courtroom of the Lincoln conspirators. Only open four times per year and an ideal addition to the Booth Escape Tour or Civil War in Washington Tour.
- Wednesdays, 6:30PM. US Army Twilight Tattoo. A parade and pageant that includes all of the US Army Ceremonial Units. Fort Myer Summerall Field
JUNE 2022
- Tuesdays, 7:00-8:00PM: USMC Sunset Parade. Location TBD
- Fridays, 7:45-10:00PM: USMC Parade at Marine Corps Barracks Washington.
- Wednesdays and Thursdays, 6:30PM. US Army Twilight Tattoo. A parade and pageant that includes all of the US Army Ceremonial Units. Fort Belvoir, VA
- Independence Day Fireworks at Mount Vernon.
JULY 2022
- Tuesdays, 7:00-8:00PM: USMC Sunset Parade. Location TBD
- Fridays, 7:45-10:00PM: USMC Parade at Marine Corps Barracks Washington.
- Wednesdays, 6:30PM. US Army Twilight Tattoo. A parade and pageant that includes all of the US Army Ceremonial Units. Fort Myer Summerall Field
AUGUST 2022
- Fridays, 7:45-10:00PM: USMC Parade at Marine Corps Barracks Washington.
- First Saturday 1st, 10:00-4:00 PM. Grant Hall Open House at Fort McNair. Visit the actual trial courtroom of the Lincoln conspirators. Only open four times per year and an ideal addition to the Booth Escape Tour or Civil War in Washington Tour.
SEPTEMBER 2022
OCTOBER 2022
- Sunday afternoons, USMC Band at Sousa Hall
NOVEMBER 2022
- First Saturday, 10:00-4:00 PM. Grant Hall Open House at Fort McNair. Visit the actual trial courtroom of the Lincoln conspirators. Only open four times per year and an ideal addition to the Booth Escape Tour or Civil War in Washington Tour.
- Wed 11th, Veterans Day
- Last Friday and Saturday, 5:30-9:00PM. Candlelight Tours of Mount Vernon.
DECEMBER 2022
- Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Candlelight Tours of Mount Vernon.
- Friday and Saturday before Christmas, 5:30-8:30PM. Illuminations at Mount Vernon.
Fun Fact!: John Philip Sousa is best known as the twelve year (1880-1892) conductor of the Marine Corps Band. At the beginning of World War I, Sousa was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve and led the Navy Band at the Great Lakes Naval Station near Chicago, Illinois. Being independently wealthy, he donated his entire naval salary minus one dollar a year to the Sailors’ and Marines’ Relief Fund. After returning to his own band at the end of the war, he continued to wear his naval uniform for most of his concerts and other public appearances.