Celebrate Independence Day at the final home of Virginia’s first governor!
Bring your lawn chairs or blankets to choose your spot on the lawn comfortably. Before enjoying a fantastic fireworks display, grab a bite to eat from one of our many on-site food vendors, enjoy face painting for the kids, hear incredible live music, and tour Patrick Henry’s home, grave, and museum. Please bring cash as internet access is limited.
OPTIONAL VIP TICKET: For an even better fireworks-viewing experience, purchase an optional VIP ticket below! This per-person add-on ticket also includes complimentary cookies and lemonade.
Itinerary
4:00 pm: Festivities begin. Grounds open, tours of the historic buildings, food available for purchase from vendors, face-painting, live music by the Brown Brothers, kids’ games, a museum, and gift shop.
4:00–8:00 pm: NEW! Meet Patrick Henry’s grandson, Patrick Henry Fontaine, in the Henry house.
4:30 & 6:00 pm: Guided tours of Quarter Place.
7:00 pm: Gravestone dedication by the Sons of the American Revolution to mark newly discovered burials in the Henry family cemetery.
8:00 pm: Patrick Henry’s fifth great-grandson, Patrick Henry Jolly, performs “Give me liberty or give me death!” and reads the Declaration of Independence.
9:00 pm: Gate closes. *No entry after this time.*
9:15 pm: Fireworks display begins.
9:30 pm: Festivities end.
