📅 Dates: July 4, 2026 10 am to 6:30 pm - EXACT SCHEDULE BELOW
📍 Location: Hickory Ridge History Museum, Boone, NC

Step into the past this Independence Day weekend at Hickory Ridge History Museum, where history comes to life with living history demonstrations, patriotic traditions, music, and more, honoring America’s founding.

Featured Events:
🔹 Reading of the Declaration of Independence – Join in the tradition of hearing our nation’s founding document, with enthusiastic cries of “Huzzah!” after each passage
🔹 Colonial Demonstrations – Watch frontier skills in action
🔹 Family-Friendly Activities – Engage in hands-on history with games and interactive experiences
🔹 Historic Cabins Open for Tours – Explore the six cabins of Hickory Ridge and step into the daily lives of early pioneers

Bring your families, wear your best colonial attire if you like, and celebrate our nation’s history!

SATURDAY JULY 4TH SCHEDULE

10:00-12:30: Museum Self Guided Tours

12:30: Event Opens

1:00: Meet Colonel Francis Nash (Behing Coffey Cabin)

1:30: Continental Army Recruitment (Encampment)

2:00: Reading of the Declaration of Independence followed by 13 Toasts (Behind Coffey Cabin)

3:00: Soldiers of the American Revolution (Encampment)

3:30: Meet Colonel Francis Nash (Behind Coffey Cabin)

4:00: Reading of the Declaration of Independence followed by 13 Toasts (Behind Coffey Cabin)

5:00: Continental Army Recruitment (Encampment)

5:30: Meet Colonel Francis Nash (Behind Coffey Cabin)

6:00: Soldiers of the American Revolution (Encampment)

6:30: Event Ends

SUNDAY JULY 5TH SCHEDULE

11:00: Event Opens

11:30: Continental Army Recruitment (Encampment)

12:00: Reading of the Declaration of Independence followed by 13 Toasts (Behind Coffey Cabin)

1:00: Soldiers of the American Revolution (Encampment)

1:30: Meet Colonel Francis Nash (Behind Coffey Cabin)

2:00: Continental Army Recruitment (Encampment)

2:30: Soldiers of the American Revolution (Encampment)

3:00: Event Ends