George Washington’s
Headquarters Tent:
Saturday, 10 am–6 pm;
​Sunday, 11 am–5 pm

Metalsmithing: 11 am–3 pm

Free with Museum Admission, all ages

Enter George Washington’s Headquarters Tent and experience where he strategized, dined, and slept. Hear from Museum of the American Revolution educators as they detail Washington’s daily life with his troops.

Free with Museum Admission,
all ages

The Continental Army wants you! Fall in with a company of soldiers for the afternoon. Explore displays of 18th-century weaponry, learn military drills, and interact with all of the tools and equipment of a common soldier.

Check out Revolutionary Summer for a full roster of related programs for all ages

Free with Museum Admission, all ages

Meet Deborah Sampson, the woman who disguised her gender to enlist in the Continental Army—as portrayed by Judith Kalaora of History at Play—and members of her regiment, the 4th Massachusetts. Join Deborah for military drills, then explore the inner workings of a regiment, from muskets to tents and knapsacks to ground cloths. 

George Washington's Headquarters Tent:
Saturday, 10 am–6 pm;
​Sunday, 11 am–5 pm

Field Music on the March: 11 am–3 pm

Free with Museum Admission, all ages

March along to Revolutionary War field music performed by the drum and fife musicians of Hearts of Oak and the New Jersey Field Music Group. You’ll follow in formation from the Museum, to Washington’s Headquarters Tent in the courtyard, and back again!

Because of the projected heat this weekend, the outdoor courtyard will be closed, and all Revolutionary Summer programming will take place inside the Museum on the ground floor.

Free with Museum Admission,
all ages

Free with Museum Admission,
all ages

The Continental Army wants you! Fall in with a company of soldiers for the afternoon. Explore displays of 18th-century weaponry, learn military drills, and interact with all of the tools and equipment of a common soldier.

Check out Revolutionary Summer for a full roster of related programs for all ages.

George Washington’s
Headquarters Tent:
Saturday, 10 am–6 pm;
Sunday, 11 am–5 pm

Meet the Spies, Bodyguards,
and Agents: 11 am–3 pm

Free with Museum Admission, all ages

Enter George Washington’s Headquarters Tent and experience where he strategized, dined, and slept. Hear from Museum of the American Revolution educators as they detail Washington’s daily life with his troops.

Free with Museum Admission
All ages

Free with Museum Admission
All ages

Celebrate the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery! On June 19, 1865, military orders to free enslaved people were finally, officially enforced in Texas—two months after the end of the American Civil War and two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

Free with Museum Admission
All ages