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Save the Date for Park After Dark 2025 on Saturday, September 20, 2025!

Park After Dark 2024

Thank you for your support of the C&O Canal National Historical Park and the Canal Classrooms education program! On Saturday, September 21, we celebrated Park After Dark 2024 at the Historic Great Falls Tavern with nearly 150 members of our canal community. Thanks to you, the C&O Canal Trust raised nearly $200,000 to support the Park, including over $38,000 for Canal Classrooms. This funding will help expand programming into the Washington D.C. area. We thank you for your commitment to this critical outdoor education program and for helping to inspire the next generation of park stewards.

We hope that you had a fantastic time at Park After Dark, and we encourage you to share some thoughts about your night with us at the Historic Great Falls Tavern. Park After Dark 2025 will take place on Saturday, September 20, 2025. As we begin planning for next year, your feedback and suggestions will help us know what we’re doing right, and what needs to be improved. Please help us by taking a short survey.

We encourage you to check out photos from the night! We are so glad you chose to spend your evening with us and invite you to share in the memories we captured.

2024 Photos

Didn’t make it to Park After Dark this year?

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With Many Thanks,

C&O Canal Trust Staff

Thank you to our Park After Dark 2024 Sponsors

Canal Visionary

Kiplinger Family Foundation

Canal Patron

John Guttmann and Holly Cannon

AR Landsman Foundation

Canal Explorer

Francis and Carolyn Grant-Suttie

Canal Traveler

Paul and Mimi Bremer

Steve and June Chaudet

Mary Ann FisherSandy Grace

The Jewell Foundation

Paul and Laurel Juola

Ed Ryan and Catie Malone

Mark Stover and Marlene Appleton

Canal Preserver

Clark Construction Group, LLC

Crescent Cities Charities, Inc

The Healthier, Greener, Kinder Foundation

GoodEarth

Marc Grossman and Mildred Patterson

KPMG

Michael and Sue Mitchell

Howard Morse and Laura Loeb

RaffertyWeiss Media