Events
For a comprehensive state-wide list of events related to NYS 250 commemorations and celebrations please visit iloveny.com/America-250
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Upcoming 250th Events
A Revolutionary Loyalist: The Surprising Story of Peggy Shippen Arnold
1/7/26, 7:00pm | Greenburgh Public Library | Elmsford, NY
Learn More: https://greenburghlibrary.libcal.com/event/15626550
How to Start a Revolution: America's War for Independence 250 Years Later
1/10/26, 1:00pm | Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site | Newburgh, NY
Voices of Common Sense: Readings from Thomas Paine's 1776 Clarion Call for an Independent and Democratic America
1/10/26, 2:00pm | Thomas Paine Memorial Building & via Zoom | New Rochelle, NY
Learn More: https://thomaspaine.org/about/events/
How Do You Start A Revolution?
1/10/26, 2:00pm | Putnam Valley Library | Putnam, NY
Learn More: https://www.putnamcountyny.gov/rev250#events
Fort Knyphausen and Other Mishmash: Hessians in Westchester County During the American Revolutionary War (a lecture by Friederike Baer)
1/14/26, 7:00pm | via YouTube Live | Presented by Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
Tom Paine's War: the Words that Rallied a Nation and the Founder for Our Time (a lecture by Jack Kelly)
1/17/26, 4:00pm | Thomas Paine Memorial Building & via Zoom | New Rochelle, NY
Learn More: https://thomaspaine.org/about/events/
The Peekskill Raid (a lecture by Michael J. F. Sheehan)
1/17/26, 12:00pm | Kent Library | Kent Lakes, NY
Learn More: https://kentpl.librarycalendar.com/event/peekskill-raid-presented-partnership-kent-historical-society-11966
The True Story of the Culper Spy Ring (a presentation by Bill Bleyer)
1/18/26, 2:00pm | Jericho Public Library & via Zoom | Jericho, NY
Learn More: https://nassaucountyhistoricalsociety.org/upcoming-events
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 American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence in the Southern Tier (a program by Robert Parkinson)
1/21/26, 6:30pm | Broome County Public Library & via Facebook Live and Zoom | Binghamton, NY
Learn More: https://www.broomehistory.org/programs
Historian & a Movie: The Crossing (2000)
1/24/26, 1:00pm | Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site | Yonkers, NY
Learn More: https://www.philipsemanorhall.com/programs-and-events/historian-a-movie-the-crossing-2000
An Evening with Clothing Scholar Henry Cooke "Civilian Clothing of Continental Soldiers, 1775-1777"
1/30/26, 7:00pm | Brookside Museum | Ballston Spa, NY
Learn More: https://saratoga250.com/news-events/events/an-evening-with-clothing-scholar-henry-cooke/
Finishing the Revolution: Thomas Paine, Universal Suffrage, and the Problem of Bicameralism (1776-1795)
1/31/26, 4:00pm | Thomas Paine Memorial Building & via Zoom | New Rochelle, NY
Learn More: https://thomaspaine.org/about/events/
Exhibition Opening Reception: "Threads of Liberty: Schenectady and the American Revolution"
2/6/26, 6:00pm | Exhibit On Display Through 12/26 | Schenectady County Historical Society | Schenectady, NY
Learn More: https://schenectadyhistorical.org/event/threads/
Freedom Behind British Lines: Black Loyalists in New York (a lecture by Sarah Wassberg Johnson)
2/11/26, 7:00pm | Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site & via YouTube Live | Yonkers, NY
Winter Break: Keeping Warm: Cloth & Clothing
2/19/26, 11:00am | Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site | Yonkers, NY
Learn More: https://www.philipsemanorhall.com/programs-and-events/winter-break-keeping-warm-cloth-clothing
Thomas Paine and Rights of Man
2/21/26, 4:00pm | Thomas Paine Memorial Building & via Zoom | New Rochelle, NY
Learn More: https://thomaspaine.org/about/events/
North Castle! Celebrating America's 250th Exhibit
On Display Through 2/27/26 | North Castle Public Library | Armonk, NY
Learn More: https://www.northcastle250th.com/events
Revolutionary Women of Westchester County (a lecture by Mary Hoar)
3/11/26, 7:00pm | Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site & via YouTube Live | Yonkers, NY
Learn More: https://www.philipsemanorhall.com/programs-and-events/lecture-revolutionary-women-of-westchester-county
The Unforgiving Yardstick: A Look at Women's Roles and Struggles in Westchester County Exhibit
On Display Through 3/27/26 | Square House Museum | Rye, NY
Learn More: https://www.ryehistory.org/the-unforgiving-yardstick
The Neutral Ground: Westchester County in the American Revolution (a lecture by Stephen Paul DeVillo)
4/8/26, 7:00pm | Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site & via YouTube Live | Yonkers, NY
How Philipse Hall Lost its Manor: Revolutionary Confiscation in New York (a lecture by Daniel Hulsebosch)
5/13/26, 7:00pm | Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site & via YouTube Live | Yonkers, NY
Putnam County Heroes Battle the Redcoats!: 2026 Putnam County Revolutionary War Day
6/6/26, 9:00am | Putnam County Veterans Memorial Park (Upper Park) | Carmel Hamlet, NY
Learn More: https://www.5thny.org/event-details/2026-putnam-county-rev-war-day
Martin Klotz, author, to Speak at Crown Point State Historic Site
6/14/26, 1:00pm | Crown Point State Historic Site | Crown Point, NY
Learn More: https://www.lakechamplainregion.com/node/88237
Schenectady County "4th on the Third" Independence Day Celebration
7/3/26, 6:00pm | Mabee Farm Historic Site | Rotterdam Junction, NY
Learn More: https://schenectadyhistorical.org/event/july326/
Sail the 4th 250
7/4/26, time varies by location | Locations vary
Learn More: https://sail4th.org/
Town of Lodi Bicentennial Celebration
8/1/26, 10:00am | Lodi, NY
Learn More: http://www.lodihistoricalsociety.com/home.html
The Suffolk County 250th Commemorative Fair
10/24/26, 10:00am | The Manor of St. George | Shirley, NY
Learn More: https://www.suffolk250.org/
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