Upcoming 250th Events

Cloaked Crusader: Lecture and Wine Tasting - Liberty 250® Program

2/10/26, 5:30pm | Free via Zoom from Fraunces Tavern Museum | New York, NY

Learn More: https://www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/events-calendar/2026/cloaked-crusader-lecture 

Revolutionary Blacks (a talk by Shirley L. Green)

2/11/26, 7:00pm | via Webex and YouTube Live from Finger Lakes Community College | Canandaigua, NY

Learn More: https://www.flcc.edu/events/all-events/2026/february/flcc-to-host-online-talk-on-black-revolutionary-war-soldiers.php 

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

Learn More: https://www.philipsemanorhall.com/programs-and-events/lecture-freedom-behind-british-lines-black-loyalists-in-new-york

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/ 

America250 Film Series: The Devil's Disciple

2/25/26, 2:00pm | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum | Hyde Park, NY

Learn More: https://www.fdrlibrary.org/events-calendar 

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 

Women and the American Revolution

3/14/26, 1:00pm | Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site | Mount Vernon, NY

Learn More: https://www.nps.gov/sapa/sapaprogsched.htm 

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 

Tom Paine's War: Thomas Paine in the American Revolution - Liberty 250 Lecture

4/6/26, 6:30pm | Free via Zoom from Fraunces Tavern Museum | New York, NY

Learn More: https://www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/events-calendar/2026/tom-paines-war-lecture 

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

Learn More: https://www.philipsemanorhall.com/programs-and-events/lecture-the-neutral-ground-westchester-county-in-the-american-revolution 

Declaration: Little-Known Stories of American Independence Lecture

5/9/26, 6:30pm | Free via Zoom from Fraunces Tavern Museum | New York, NY

Learn More: https://www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/events-calendar/2026/declaration-little-known-stories-of-american-independence-lecture 

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

Learn More: https://www.philipsemanorhall.com/programs-and-events/lecture-how-philipse-hall-lost-its-manor-revolutionary-confiscation-in-new-york 

Annual Association Day

5/17/26, 1:00pm | Bronck Museum | Coxsackie, NY

Learn More: https://www.greatnortherncatskills.com/events/annual-association-day 

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 

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 

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/