• Aerial view of the George Washington Memorial Parkway in the fall

    George Washington

    Memorial Parkway DC, MD, VA

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Netherlands Carillon Concerts

Automated Concerts

Monday through Saturday at 12 pm and 6 pm

  • Medley of armed forces anthems
  • Stars and Stripes Forever

Sunday at 12 pm

  • Star-Spangled Banner
  • Wilhelmus (the Dutch national anthem)
  • Stars and Stripes Forever

Sunday at 6 pm

  • Star-Spangled Banner
  • America the Beautiful
  • Eternal Father, Strong To Save (the Navy Hymn)

May 5 (Dutch Liberation Day) at 12 pm and 6 pm

  • Star-Spangled Banner
  • Wilhelmus (the Dutch national anthem)

September 2 at 9:04 am

  • Star-Spangled Banner
  • America the Beautiful
  • Eternal Father, Strong To Save (the Navy Hymn)

This program was funded in perpetuity by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. It commemorates the time at which the Japanese Intrument of Surrender was signed aboard the USS Missouri in 1945.

Thanksgiving Day at 12 pm and 6 pm

  • Simple Gifts
  • We Gather Together

December 31 at 6 pm

  • Auld Lang Syne
 

Live Concerts

Guest carillonneurs perform live concerts on the carillon during the summer. Concerts take place on Saturday evenings from 6 pm to 8 pm and on Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day from 2 pm to 4 pm.

Did You Know?

Aerial view of the Parkway

Features like cloverleaf interchanges and grassy medians made the George Washington Memorial Parkway "America's Most Modern Motorway" when it opened in 1932. More...