Celebrate Yorktown Day in Historic Yorktown on Monday, October 19, 2026
Yorktown Day
📅Monday, Oct. 19, 2026
🕞9 AM – 5 PM
📍Historic Main Street and Water Street
✨ Freedom was forged here—and we’re commemorating it with a day full of history and hometown pride! 🦅🎉 This year marks the 245th anniversary of the Victory at Yorktown! 🇺🇸⚔️
🎖️ 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. ❤️💙
🇺🇸 Schedule of Events: 🇺🇸
🕗 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.
🥁🇺🇸 𝟏𝟎:𝟑𝟎 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.
🇺🇸❤️💙 Come celebrate the history, honor the heroes, and experience Yorktown Day where the story of American independence unfolded. 🦅⚔️🏛️
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