Woodlawn and Pope-Leighey House

Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House launch food pantry and collection effort

Published November 19, 2025 at 9:15AM | Updated November 19, 2025 at 9:55AM

Woodlawn Plantation site in Alexandria (via Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House/Facebook)

The historic Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House site is collecting non-perishable food donations in exchange for admission discounts this holiday season.

Now through Dec. 29, guests who bring one canned good to the Woodlawn admissions desk can receive a 10% discount on individual tour admission. The food drive comes as the museums aim to provide non-perishable, shelf-stable foods in “waterproof food pantries” outside the front gates at the Quaker Meeting House.

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Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House to host Lafayette bicentennial tribute Sept. 7

By Ryan Belmore

Published August 16, 2025 at 12:00PM

New Program at Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House Commemorates the close of the Marquis de Lafayette’s 1824 – 1825 Farewell Tour of the United States. (Credit: Woodlawn and Pope-Leighey House)

Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House will commemorate the close of Marquis de Lafayette’s 1824-1825 farewell tour of America with a daylong event Sept. 7.

“Farewell to Lafayette: A Bicentennial Tribute,” organized in collaboration with the American Friends of Lafayette, will take place during the final weekend of bicentennial celebrations honoring Lafayette’s historic visit to the United States.