The Steamboat Era Museum in Irvington invites everyone to celebrate Steamboat Era Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, September 14. Admission will be free on September 14, and from noon-4 p.m. ice cream treats will be served.
In 2009 the General Assembly of Virginia passed a resolution to designate September 14 as Steamboat Era Day in Virginia. The resolution states in part:
Whereas, from 1813 to 1937, the Chesapeake steamboats carried not only passengers, but all kinds of goods from the international ports of Baltimore and Norfolk to towns all along the rivers, spreading commerce and trade throughout the Northern Neck and the Commonwealth; and
