Live from Colonial Williamsburg: America Made in Virginia: 250 Years Together airing July 4 from 8 – 10 pm
Live from Colonial Williamsburg: America Made in Virginia: 250 Years Together airing July 4 from 8 – 10 pm
𝗔 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿-𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 in Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg VA
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2 Hour Programming Airing on PBS (watch here)
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America Made in Virginia: 250 Years Together, airing July 4, 8 – 10 pm, on PBS, celebrates the nation’s semiquincentennial with a star-filled tribute set in the revolutionary capital of Colonial Williamsburg. Highlights from the live event include a dazzling variety of musical performances by an outstanding line-up of American artists, including:
- Michael Feinstein: Multi-platinum recording artist, Emmy and Grammy nominee, Tony Award winner and “Ambassador of the Great American Songbook”
- Judy Collins: Legendary Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter
- Ryan Speedo Green: Three-time Grammy Award-winning opera bass-baritone
- Kelli O’Hara: Tony winner and Emmy, SAG, Olivier, and two-time Grammy nominee
- Adrienne Warren: Tony, Drama Desk, Antonyo and Outer Critics Award winner
- The Leah Glenn Dance Theatre
- The Virginia Chorale.
- This event will also feature narration by Tony and Golden Globe nominee and Emmy Award-winning actor Richard Thomas.
- The evening will also feature a poetry reading from The Honorable John Charles Thomas, alongside Colonial Williamsburg’s own Nation Builders and the Fifes & Drums.
Audience members will want to watch for “The Heartbeat of Freedom,” bringing together Indigenous, West African, and English Colonial drumming traditions. There will be readings from the Declaration of Independence and the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes & Drums will perform. There will also be the world premiere of Through a Window, featuring Leah Glenn Dance Theatre, the Virginia Chorale, and Ryan Speedo Green accompanied by 400 synchronized drones creating breathtaking images in the night sky.
The United States Air Force Heritage of America Band, will play a patriotic soundtrack for largest display of fireworks in The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s history (drone show starts at 9:25 p.m and firworks begin at 9:35 p.m.)
Whether you’re in person or viewing the broadcast, be a part of this celebration by joining fellow Virginians from across the state. Broadcasting live from the heart of Williamsburg, VA across all station-branded PBS platforms including PBS.org, WHRO TV 15, the WHRO+ app, and PBS stations nationwide under the title: Made in Virginia: 250 Years Together
4th of July Fireworks in Colonial Williamsburg are FREE and open to the public. Also, you can get a FREE admission ticket for Colonial Williamsburg for July 4th~ More Info
📜 July 4 Programming Schedule & Activities
- Morning Reading of the Declaration of Independence
- Visit with James Lafayette
- The Great American Birthday Quilt Exhibition
- Salute to the States
- Visit with James Madison
- Ink Your Legacy
- Virginia Declaration of Rights
- Music in the Galleries
- Jefferson vs. Paine
- Visit with Thomas Jefferson
- Company of Comedians
- Leaves of Liberty
- Williamsburg Declares
- Visit with Marquis de Lafayette
- Spinning Freedom
- The Choice of 1776: To Sign or Not to Sign
- Visit with George Washington
- Pursuing Happiness
- Hands-on: 250 Button Making
- Visit with George Mason
- Visit with Patrick Henry
- Freedom & the Fog of War
- Colonial Games
- Visit with Martha Washington
- Under Arms: Training the Grand Army
- Beat the Retreat: Marching to a New Nation
- 1776: Trial for Independence
- July 4 Pre-Show
- Visit the July 4th page here
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