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Yorktown Military Appreciation Weekend (Yorktown)

June 11, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Join us for a patriotic salute to our Armed Forces as we celebrate the contributions of our American Heroes Past – Present – Future
 
Location Codes:
  • WM – Watermen’s Museum
    YH – York Hall
    RWL – Riverwalk Landing
    MJB – Mobjack Bay Coffee Roasters

Friday June 9

  • 6:00 – Lecture – A Question of Religious Freedom: the 1773 Baptist preacher Trials – WM
Saturday June 10
 
  • 8 – 12 York County Market – RWL
  • 10:00
    • Colonial 1773 Militia Muster – YH
    • WWI, WWII Living History – WM
    • 1812 Living History – WM
    • Community Partner Expo – RWL
    • Yorktown Fife and Drum – Waterfront
    • Quantico Marine Corps Museum Exhibit – WM
  • 10:30 Colonial Games and Past times – YH
  • 11:30
    • Militia Participatory Drill – YH
    • Cannon Demonstration – WM
  • 12:00 Honoring Our Veterans Ceremony WM
  • 11:30 Storyteller – Baptist Preacher Trials – YM
  • 12:30 Colonial Games and Past times – YH
  • 1:00 Music – Patriotic Singalong – WM
  • 1:30
    • Storyteller – Tales of the Sea – YH
    • Cannon Demonstration – WM
  • 2:00 Music – WM
  • 2:30 Colonial Games and Past times-YH
  • 3:00 Music – WM
  • 3:30
    • Militia Participatory Drill – York Hall
    • Cannon Demonstration – WM
Sunday June 11
 
  • 12:00
    • Music –-WM
    • WWI, WWII Living History – WM Quantico Marine Corps Museum Exhibit – WM
  • 12:30 Cannon Drill – WM
  • 1:00 Music – WM
  • 2:00
    • 1813 Capture of the Surveyor Ceremony- Watermen’s Museum Ship Stage
    • USCG Color Guard Wreath Laying Ceremony
  • 2:30 Cannon Demonstration – WM
  • 3:00 Music – Shanty Grass – WM
  • 3:30 Cannon Demonstration – WM