Cambria Depot Day Festival
Venue: Cambria Depot Museum, Christiansburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Saturday, July 14, 2012
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Miscellaneous, Family Friendly
Cost: Free
Description:
Celebrate the historic Cambria community with the 2012 Cambria Depot Day Festival which will be held at the junction of Cambria and Depot streets in Christiansburg on Saturday, July 14th.
Scheduled Events:
- Kids Activities
- Demonstrations
- Live Music with the Christiansburg Community Band
- Historic Display
- Storytelling
- Food vendors
and a whole lot more!
As with the original festival, the focus is on community. There is no entrance fee or gate fee. The festival is free to the public. The emphasis is on having fun and enjoying an afternoon.
The festival is sponsored by Cambria's Saturday Merchants.
Depot Day started in the 1980s by Jim and Helen Dorsett, with help from friends and neighbors, as a way to draw attention to the revitalization efforts in Cambria and to celebrate the community and its railroad history. Because the initial revitalization centered on the Cambria Depot, the festival was called Depot Day. While the purpose and the breadth of the festival expanded, the name stuck. Depot Day was held, annually, between 1985 and 1988.
In 2011, the Christiansburg Civic League resurrected the community celebration and coupled it with Nation Train Day. This year, the celebration of Cambria is being sponsored by the "Saturday" merchants in Cambria and has moved to July so that it doesn't coincide with graduation exercises.
For more information, visit: http://www.historiccambria.com/ or call: 540-382-6431.
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