250th Anniversary of Paul Revere's Ride
Venue: Wilderness Road Regional Museum, Newbern
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Simple Gifts of the Blue Ridge
Date: Friday, April 18, 2025
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Event Types: Music, Family Friendly, Speaking Engagements, Charity
Cost: Free
The Wilderness Road Regional Museum presents the 250th Anniversary of Paul Revere's Ride on Friday, April 18, 2025.
Join the Wilderness Road Regional Museum and the Pulaski County 250th Committee as they remember the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, and Dawes and Prescott. Riders will be out in Historic Newbern to announcing that the Regulars are approaching by land. Afterwards, music by Simple Gifts of the Blue Ridge will take place along with a reading of Longfellow's poem, "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere".
Simple Gifts of the Blue Ridge will share some traditional Celtic music that took root in America and would have been familiar to both the Bostonians and the Virginians during the Revolution. The band does a beautiful rendition of the sweet but sad Irish lament of "Johnny has Gone for a Soldier".
Boston inspired refreshments will be available as well.
This is a family friendly affair that is free to attend, however, donations are appreciated to help us offer more community events throughout the year.
The following day, Saturday, April 19th will mark the 250th of the "Shot heard round the world" at Concord and Lexington. The Salem Museum in Salem, VA will offer programming on Saturday to commemorate the opening battles of Concord and Lexington.
Wilderness Road Regional Museum is located at 5420 Wilderness Road in Newbern, VA.
To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/xj3hZLYt/image.png.
For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/WildernessRRM or http://www.wildernessroadregionalmuseum.com/ or call 540-674-4835.
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