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Alexandria Scottish Christmas Walk Parade

Alexandria, VA · Holiday

When

December 5, 2026

Where

King Street, Old Town · Alexandria · VA

Cost

Not confirmed

Status

Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet

More than 100 Scottish clan societies, pipe and drum bands and highland dancers march down King Street in Old Town Alexandria to open the city's holiday season. The Campagna Center has organized the parade as a fundraiser for local families since 1972.

The history within reach

• Alexandria Scottish Christmas Walk Paradesame spot

  More than 100 Scottish clan societies, pipe and drum bands and highland dancers march down King Street in Old Town Alexandria to open the city's holiday season.

• The Lyceum, built by a Quaker schoolmaster for lectures0.1 mi

  Benjamin Hallowell, a Quaker who ran a school in Alexandria, pushed for a permanent building where the town could hold lectures and keep a library, and it opened in 1839 in Greek Revival brick recycled from an old chapel.

• Christ Church, designed by a descendant of Christopher Wren0.1 mi

  Colonel James Wren, a descendant of the architect of St Paul's in London, drew the plans for the main church of the Church of England's Fairfax Parish here.

• St Paul's, one of the first Gothic Revival churches in America0.1 mi

  Benjamin Latrobe, the second architect of the United States Capitol, drew this church and it was consecrated in 1818.

• The Odd Fellows Hall that George Seaton built0.2 mi

  The Black Odd Fellows were one of the few organisations where Alexandria's African American residents could meet, run their own affairs and pool money.