Upcoming 250th Events

I will post here upcoming commemorations of the 250th Anniversary of Events in the Revolution

May 2-4, 2025 Patrick Henry Encampment at New Kent Ordinary — https://www.newkent-va.us/DocumentCenter/View/8663/250th-anniversary-celebration?bidId=

May 3, 2025 Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown encampment — https://preservationvirginia.org/events/the-gunpowder-incident/

June 7th – 8th – Dunmore Flees Williamsburg- Yorktown, VA — https://www.visityorktown.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=5087&month=6&year=2025&day=7&calType=0; https://www.7vr.org/events

November 5 & 16, 2025 Skirmish at Kemp Landing — https://www.7vr.org/events

December 6-7, 2025 Battle of Great Bridge —

https://www.7vr.org/events

A number of commemorations of the 250th anniversary of the opening of Boone’s Trace and the first white settlements in Kentucky are scheduled for later this year.

Apr. 23 –June 8, 2025 https://www.boonetrace1775.com/

May 9-11, 2025 https://www.martinsstation.com/vaff/

June 7-8, 2025 https://www.fortboonesboroughlivinghistory.org/250/

Past Events

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death speech — March 23, 2025 — St. John’s Church, Richmond

Patrick Henry’s Speech

Patrick Henry’s Ride to Liberty — March 15, 2025 at Scotchtown

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Pittsylvania County Committee of Safety 250th Anniversary Commemoration — January 26, 2025 — Old Callands Courthouse and Gaol

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On January 27, 2025, Smyth County, Virginia will host a celebration and reenactment of Rev. Cummings’ role in adoption of the Fincastle Resolutions . https://va250.org/event-detail/?id=1425

https://scplva.net/event/rev-charles-cummings-and-the-fincastle-resolutions-of-1775/

Hanover County Militia Drill — February 8, 2025 at Hanover Tavern

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Liberty & Union Festival

September 14, 2024, https://www.nps.gov/mima/planyourvisit/special-event.htm

September 1-4, 2024 Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts — Commemoration of the Powder Alarm

https://www.nps.gov/long/learn/news/events-in-cambridge-and-somerville-mark-the-250th-anniversary-of-the-powder-alarm.htm

August 10, 2024, Salisbury, North Carolina

250th commemoration of the Rowan Resolves at the Rowan Museum in Salisbury, North Carolina. https://rowanmuseum.org/event/rowan-resolved-gala/

July 13, 2024 — Commemoration of Essex Resolves == Tappahannock, Virginia

https://ecmhs.org/

https://vssar.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=1399&Itemid=126&year=2024&month=07&day=13&title=annual-commemoration-of-the-1774-essex-resolutions&uid=640efd799e34ccdb39670c36266bd62d

July 14, 2024 — Carlisle, Pennsylvania

The First Presbyterian Church of Carlisle will hold special services to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Cumberland declarations

https://www.firstprescarlisle.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Prelude-to-Liberty-Lecture-July-12-2024-Jeff-Wood.pdf