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Yorktown Day (Yorktown)
October 19 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
The festivities begin with a wreath-laying ceremony and patriotic parade down Main Street, featuring The Fifes & Drums of York Town. Then, explore Yorktown’s historic treasures like the Nelson House, Custom House, Watermen’s Museum, and more. Walk the very grounds where America secured her independence.
It’s history brought to life in the heart of where it all happened.
8:15 a.m.
- Memorial Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the French Cemetery
Sponsored by the Friends of Rochambeau and the American Friends of Lafayette
9:00 a.m.
- Commemorative Ceremony at the French Memorial
Sponsored by the French Wars Veterans Association in Washington, D.C.
9:05 a.m.
- Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Nelson House
Sponsored by the Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution.
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- The Custom House is open to visit.
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- VA250 Mobile Museum at the Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center
10:30 a.m.
- Yorktown Day Parade on Historic Main Street
Coordinated by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.
11:15 a.m.
- Patriotic Exercises and Memorial Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Victory Monument
Sponsored by the Yorktown Day Association and hosted this year by Colonial National Historical Park