Here’s something you can do for the Fourth of July:
Salute the 244th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence during Liberty Celebration at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.
The American Revolution Museum at Yorktown reopens Wednesday with some adjustments due to coronavirus concerns.
From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on July 4, visitors can 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 apply, according to a news release from the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.
Here’s what you can expect:
- See a rare July 1776 broadside of the Declaration of Independence duplicated in mass to spread the word of liberty from town to town featured in an immersive gallery exhibit surrounded by signatures of this famous document’s signers.
- Catch “Liberty Fever” – the museum’s introductory film, shown throughout the day in the main theater.
- Take part in patriotic programming in outdoor re-creations of a Continental Army encampment and Revolution-era farm.
Admission
Liberty Celebration, supported in part by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Inc. Annual Fund, is included with museum admission: $15.25 for adults, $7.75 for youth ages 6-12 and free for children younger than 6. A value-priced combination ticket with Jamestown Settlement, a living-history museum of 17th-century Virginia, is $27.50 for adults and $13.50 for ages 6-12. Residents of York County, James City County and the City of Williamsburg, including William & Mary students, receive complimentary admission with proof of residency.
The Yorktown Trolley will offer free shuttle service to Historic Yorktown from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on July 4.
For more information about Liberty Celebration and other programs and safety and social-distancing protocols at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, visit historyisfun.org.
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