Events
For a comprehensive state-wide list of events related to NYS 250 commemorations and celebrations please visit iloveny.com/America-250
Submit your 250th Commemoration Event! If your historic or heritage organization has a 250th themed event planned submit it to I LOVE NY's Path Through History Program. Click the link below for submission details and criteria.
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Upcoming 250th Events
Benjamin Franklin Was Here, 1776 Exhibit
On Display 5/23-9/27/26 | Chapman Museum | Glens Falls, NY
Learn More: https://www.frontenacmuseum.org/programs
Declaring America: 1776 and Beyond
Exhibit Opens 6/13/26 | New York Public Library (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building) | New York, NY
Learn More: https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/declaring-america-1776-beyond-preview
America 250 & RS 165 Community Day
8/1/26, 8:00am | Richfield Springs Historical Association Museum | Richfield Springs, NY
Town of Lodi Bicentennial Celebration
8/1/26, 10:00am | Lodi, NY
Learn More: http://www.lodihistoricalsociety.com/home.html
2026 Chautauqua County History Expo - America 250
8/2/26, 10:00am | Town of Chautauqua Community Municipal Building | Mayville, NY
716 Celebrates: Stars, Stripes, & Signers
8/2/26, 10:00am-9:30pm | Canalside Buffalo | Buffalo, NY
Learn More: https://visitbuffalo.com/event/716-celebrates-stars-stripes-signers/
He Dared To Sign: William Floyd
8/2/26, 1:00pm | Connetquot River State Park Preserve | Oakdale, NY
Learn More: https://parks.ny.gov/visit/events/he-dared-sign-william-floyd
Turning Point Parade 2026
8/2/26, 1:00pm | Broad Street | Schuylerville, NY
Learn More: https://saratoga250.com/news-events/events/upcoming/turning-point-parade-2026/
The Oriskany Battlefield Reconstructed
8/2/26, 2:00pm | Oriskany Museum | Oriskany, NY
Learn More: https://www.oriskanymuseum.com/post/oriskany-battlefield-reconstructed
Music on the Mountain: Songs of the American Revolution
8/6/26, 1:30pm | Ulysses S. Grant Cottage | Wilton, NY
Learn More: https://www.grantcottage.org/events
The Revolutionary Stage at Schuyler Mansion
8/6/26, 5:30pm | Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site | Albany, NY
Benjamin Franklin (A Lecture by Tom DeStefano)
8/20/26, 1:30pm | Bronxville Public Library | Bronxville, NY
Learn More: https://bronxvillepl.librarycalendar.com/event/benjamin-franklin-4512
Capitol For A Day
8/20/26, 12:30pm | Memorial Field and The Armour-Stiner Octagon House | Irvington, NY
Learn More: https://irvingtonhistoricalsociety.org/events/capitol-for-a-day/
Revolutionary Entertainment: A Magic Lantern Show
8/20/26, 1:00pm | Ulysses S. Grant Cottage | Wilton, NY
Learn More: https://www.grantcottage.org/events
Genesee America 250 Commemorative Event
8/22/26, 2:00pm | Main Street 56 Theater | Batavia, NY
Folk Nation: Crafting Patriotism in the United States
On Display Through 9/13/26 | American Folk Art Museum | New York, NY
Learn More: https://folkartmuseum.org/exhibitions/folk-nation/
Feuding Founders - Spycraft & Diplomacy
9/26/26, 10:00am | Jay Heritage Center | Rye, NY
Learn More: https://jayheritagecenter.org/visit/programs-events/calendar/
Diplomacy at Home: The Domestic Lives of the Founding Families
On Display Through 10/4/26 | Katonah Museum of Art | Katonah, NY
The Suffolk County 250th Commemorative Fair
10/24/26, 10:00am | The Manor of St. George | Shirley, NY
Learn More: https://www.suffolk250.org/
REV FEST 2026
10/24/26-10/25/26, 10:00am | Ward Pound Ridge Reservation | Pound Ridge, NY
Learn More: https://www.visitwestchesterny.com/250/revfest-2026/
The American Revolution in the Hudson Highlands
On Display Through 12/26 | Putnam History Museum | Cold Spring, NY
Learn More: https://www.putnamhistorymuseum.org/exhibitions-2/current/
The World Turned Upside Down - 250 Years After the American Revolution
On Display Through 12/26 | YCHC L. Caroline Underwood Museum | Penn Yan, NY
Learn More: http://www.yatespast.org/exhibit.html
USA 250: Celebrating the American Vision Exhibit
On Display 1/20/26-12/15/26 | Castellani Art Museum at Niagara University | Niagara University, NY
Learn More: https://castellaniartmuseum.org/
The Battle of Brooklyn: Fought and Remembered
On Display Through 12/31/26 | Brooklyn Public Library | Brooklyn, NY
Learn More: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/exhibitions/battle-brooklyn-fought
Revolutionary New York
On Display Through 7/8/29 | New York State Museum | Albany, NY
Learn More: https://nysm.nysed.gov/exhibitions/revolutionary-ny