Media Releases

2026

March 16, 2026
VA250 to Host Semiquincentennial Celebration at Colonial Williamsburg July 4
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March 11, 2026
VA250 Launches Signature Event Series Commemorating 250 Years of American Independence
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January 4, 2026
Virginia Invites Visitors to Reconnect with their Country as U.S. Approaches its 250th Anniversary
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2025

June 24, 2025
VA250 Calls on Virginians to Lead the Way in Forming a More Perfect Union as U.S. Approaches its 250th Anniversary
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June 13, 2025
America Made In Virginia: Fourth at the Fort Kicks Off America’s 250th Anniversary Commemoration
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June 11, 2025
Virginia Craft Brewers Guild Named VA250 Commemorative Partner
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June 10, 2025
Colonial Williamsburg and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Announce the Winner of the National Civics Bee® Virginia State Finals
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May 26, 2025
VA250 Mobile Museum bringing revolutionary history experience to the Northern Neck May 28
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May 20, 2025
Virginia students’ visions of freedom to be enshrined in London time capsule
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February 3, 2025
Virginia Museum of History & Culture Kicks Off America’s 250th Anniversary with Spring 2025 Exhibition
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January 22, 2025
The American Revolution, a New Film from Ken Burns, to Premiere November 16, 2025
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January 17, 2025
Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces 35 Preservation Projects Set to Receive Awards from Virginia 250 Preservation Fund Grant Program
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January 14, 2025
VA250 Mobile Museum Experience launches with ‘A Salute to Southwest Virginia’
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January 6, 2025
A Salute to Southwest Virginia: 250th Anniversary of the Fincastle Resolutions
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2024

July 17, 2024
Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces $20 Million for Historic Preservation Capital Improvements Ahead of Nation’s Semiquincentennial
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June 27, 2024
VA250 leads statewide bell-ringing ceremony for Fourth of July
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June 25, 2024
VA250 hosts American Revolution Experience traveling exhibit at Virginia State Capitol
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January 3, 2024
Virginia’s capital marks pivotal 1781 attack with multi-day program – Jan 4 – 7
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2023

December 4, 2023
Yorktown Tea Party prepares to toast 250 years of defiance
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September 13, 2023
Rob and Jean Estes Commit $125,000 for 250th Commemorative Museum
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July 4, 2023
Planning for the Nation’s 250th Anniversary is Underway in Virginia
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May 8, 2023
Governor Youngkin Announces 236 Local Tourism Programs to Receive Public-Private Marketing Funds to Drive Visitation Through 2024
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May 8, 2023
The Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission Names Carly Fiorina as Virginia’s National Honorary Chairperson
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March 12, 2023
Virginia 250 Commission Announces $1 Million Leadership Donation from Dominion Energy to Fuel Virginia’s Commemoration of the Nation’s 250th Anniversary
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March 7, 2023
VA250, Colonial Williamsburg to Host Nation’s First Planning Event for America’s 250th Anniversary
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