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Occoquan Regional Park

Turning Point Plaza & Suffragist Memorial

turning point

Turning Point Plaza honors the women who were imprisoned at the Occoquan Workhouse located across from the current Occoquan Regional Park. In 1917, women suffragists were the first political group to protest in front of the White House. As a result, hundreds of women seeking the right to vote were imprisoned at both the D.C. Jail and the Occoquan Workhouse, part of the Lorton Prison complex.

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Climb UPton is OPEN WEEKENDS!

Climb UPton is now open weekends and holidays, 10am to 8pm. Open daily starting March 28! Take on the largest ropes course in the Mid-Atlantic with 90 elements across three challenge levels.