This Land, Your Land

This year's celebration of the Blue Ridge Parkway's 75th anniversary culminates September 10-12 at the Blue Ridge Music Center (Milepost 213) and the Cumberland Knob Recreation Area (MP 217). The celebration will include music, food, history discussions, craft demonstrations and many more activities for all ages.

Performances on the Blue Ridge Music Center stage include Sierra Hull & Highway 111 on Friday, Dr. Ralph Stanley & His Clinch Mountain Boys on Saturday, and shape note singing with Laura Boosinger and the bluegrass gospel of The Churchmen on Sunday.

There will also be some jamming tents, nature walks, storytelling, films, Appalachian craft demonstrations, an antique camper exhibit, children's activities, and more.

It's all free, including the speeches by politicians on Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Construction on the Blue Ridge Parkway began near Cumberland Knob - just south of the Virginia/N.C. line - on September 11, 1935.