‘Liberty Celebration’

Salute the 248th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence during Liberty Celebration at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. 

Enjoy interpretive programs, artillery demonstrations and learn about the challenges that faced our nation’s founders, including those who signed the Declaration of Independence, as well as those for whom the new nation’s rights of freedom and liberty did not yet apply. 

Indoor galleries or outdoor living history, appreciate these Fourth of July experiences:

• Catch “Liberty Fever” – the museum’s award-winning introductory film, shown throughout the day in the main theater. 

• Discover the powerful stories behind the Declaration of Independence in an immersive gallery exhibit surrounded by signatures of this historic document’s signers.

• From artillery firings to cloth-dyeing demonstrations, take part in patriotic programming with historical interpreters in outdoor re-creations of a Continental Army encampment and Revolution-era farm. 

• Experience “Virginia, 1776!” through special gallery tours at 11:15 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. and education programs on America’s road to independence at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

• Share your thoughts on liberty by adding them to the “Liberty Tree,” an interactive feature on a 17-foot sculptural tree, rooted in the museum galleries.

Residents of York County, James City County and the City of Williamsburg, including William & Mary students, receive complimentary admission with proof of residency. 

“Liberty Celebration,” supported in part by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Inc. Annual Fund, is included with museum admission: $18 for adults, $9 for youth ages 6-12 and free for children under age 5. A value-priced combination ticket with Jamestown Settlement, a living-history museum of 17th-century Virginia, is $30 for adults and $15 for ages 6-12.

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