Yorktown Day 2024

8:25 am- Commemorative Ceremony at the French Cemetery, Yorktown Battlefield. Sponsored by The American Friends of Lafayette and The Friends of Rochambeau.

9:10 am- Commemorative Ceremony at the French Memorial, honoring the French and American Alliance, sponsored by the French Wars Veterans Association in Washington, DC

9:10 am- Wreath Laying Ceremony at the grave of Governor Thomas Nelson, Jr. at Grace Episcopal Church, Yorktown, sponsored by the Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution

10:30 am- Yorktown Day Parade, Main Street, sponsored by Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

11:15 am- Patriotic Exercises and Memorial Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Victory Monument, Yorktown, sponsored by the Yorktown Day Association and the National Park Service at Colonial National Historical Park

1:00 pm- Historic Nelson House, Swan Tavern and Poor Potter sites open for visiting until 4:00pm.

1:00 pm- The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps performance at The Victory Monument, Colonial National Historical Park

3:00 pm- The Williamsburg Youth Orchestra, outdoor performance at 405 Main St, Yorktown, presented by Yorktown & Co.

3:15 pm- Dr. Thomas Chavez lecture about “Francisco de Saavedra”, York Hall