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
Declaration: Little-Known Stories of American Independence Lecture
5/9/26, 6:30pm | Free via Zoom from Fraunces Tavern Museum | New York, 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
Annual Association Day
5/17/26, 1:00pm | Bronck Museum | Coxsackie, NY
Learn More: https://www.greatnortherncatskills.com/events/annual-association-day
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
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
Freedom Festival: America's 250th Comes to the Bristol Hills
6/13/26-6/14/26, 9:00am | Levi Corser Park | Canandaigua, NY
Learn More: https://bristolhillshistory.org/freedomfestival2026
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
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
2026 Chautauqua County History Expo - America 250
8/2/26, 10:00am | Town of Chautauqua Community Municipal Building | Mayville, 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/
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