Chilly weather and delayed peak bloom for Washington, DC’s iconic cherry trees didn’t keep visitors away from the nation’s favorite celebration of spring. Eastern National’s support of the 2018 Cherry Blossom Festival, including donation funding for special Bloomin’...
After receiving approval from Congress in December and being signed into law by President Trump on January 8, NPS and Eastern National preparations began in earnest to fully transition Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site to Martin Luther King, Jr. National...
February 2018 marks the 200th birthday of noted statesman and former slave Frederick Douglass. To help support Frederick Douglass National Historic Site’s year-long bicentennial celebration, Eastern National partnered with National Capital Parks-East to...
In early December Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site and Eastern National joined forces to host the site’s very first off-season open house and pop-up shop. Dubbed “Broadhearth” after the large colonial revival house that artist Wallace Nutting built, the pop-up...
The Waite & Peirce store at Salem Maritime National Historic Site was the scene of Halloween fun for kids every Wednesday in October as part of Salem’s “Haunted Happenings” programming. Participation in these events is an example of how Eastern National is working...
Every once in awhile, a famous face stops into one of our stores on a visit to a national park, which creates quite a flurry of excitement! On July 1, just before the July 4th holiday, Stephen Colbert and members of his family visited Carl Sandburg Home National...
Homestead National Monument of America’s event to celebrate the “Great American Eclipse,” held August 19 – 21, 2017, was a resounding success on many levels, with approximately 30,000 people visiting the park. Over $75,470 in sales for the weekend helped Eastern...
A special event to commemorate the opening of the Doughton Park Visitor Center and Park Store in the historic service station located at Milepost 241.1 on the Blue Ridge Parkway was held on June 23, 2017. Community leaders and partners joined the park for the...
The grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for Eastern National’s newest park store at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center in Church Creek, Maryland, will be held on Friday, March 10, 2017. Housed within the brand-new, state-of-the art visitor...
On August 25, 2016, Fort Monroe National Monument celebrated the centennial of the National Park Service by sponsoring a Norfolk Tides baseball game at Harbor Park in Virginia. Along with Eastern National, partners at the event included Colonial National Historical...