Editing Clifton, Virginia (section)

===21st century===
In 2000, then-mayor Jim Chesley started a [[Labor Day]] antique [[Auto show|car show]] in Clifton sponsored by the Northern Virginia Custom Cruisers and Clifton Lions clubs to raise money for local charities. The ninth annual Labor Day Car Show in 2008 attracted more than 400 antique cars, an estimated two thousand visitors, and raised over $30,000. That year's featured charity was Life With Cancer, a Fairfax hospital-based program that provides family support and education. In the past five years alone, the event has raised nearly $120,000 for various local charities.

The Clifton Spring Homes Tour is run by the Clifton Community Women's Club and is held on the third Thursday in May. The 100-member General Federation of Women's Club group raises money for local charities via home tours, silent auction, boutique, and local women's art show and sale.

In 2020, the city made national headlines when a "[[Black Lives Matter]]" banner was hung in the town's Main Street. The banner was met with praise by many residents but condemnation by others including the wife of [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] Justice [[Clarence Thomas]] who saw it as justifying controversial aspects of the BLM movement.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/ginni-thomas-black-lives-matter-clifton/2020/07/09/c7b3bb98-c1f5-11ea-9fdd-b7ac6b051dc8_story.html |title=A small, mostly white Virginia town put up a 'Black Lives Matter' banner. Ginni Thomas denounced it. |date=July 10, 2020 |author1=Patricia Sullivan |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}</ref> Her comments lead to media attention on the banner. The banner was stolen on July 20, 2020, and has not been found —despite a police investigation.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/clifton-black-lives-matter-banner-stolen/2020/07/21/8d8827d0-cb99-11ea-91f1-28aca4d833a0_story.html |title=Vandals tear down 'Black Lives Matter' banner in small Virginia town |date=July 21, 2020 |author1=Patricia Sullivan |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}</ref>