{"id":224975,"date":"2026-06-22T14:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/224975\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:30:11","slug":"daniel-boone-homestead-to-host-event-marking-americas-250th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/224975\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Boone Homestead To Host Event Marking America\u2019s 250th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Daniel Boone Homestead in Birdsboro, Berks County, is allowing residents of the <a href=\"https:\/\/925xtu.com\/tag\/philadelphia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia<\/a> region to commemorate America&#8217;s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>The daylong Colonial 250th Anniversary Celebration will take place on Saturday, June 27, from noon to 8 p.m. This program will feature living history demonstrations and tours related to colonial and Revolutionary War life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/berksweekly.com\/news\/entertainment\/daniel-boone-homestead-to-host-colonial-250th-anniversary-celebration-on-june-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">According to a Berks Weekly report<\/a>, guests will have the chance to meet Gen. George Washington, explore a military encampment, and experience immersive colonial demonstrations, including horse-drawn wagon rides and tours of historic buildings such as the Boone House and Bertolet Log House.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition, experiences include a Revolutionary War medical hospital display, hands-on 18th-century activities for all ages, and an exhibit of a 4,500-pound cannon, on loan from the Thomas P. Bentley Nature Preserve and French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust.<\/p>\n<p>During the event, visitors can tour the Boone House; watch open-hearth cooking; observe artisans such as leatherworkers, gunsmiths, and blacksmiths; and explore Indigenous displays and take part in military muster activities with wooden training weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Children can try their hand at quill pen writing, participate in colonial toys and games, and enjoy military muster activities with wooden training weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Entertainment includes the Brandywine Colonials Fife and Drum Corps, a public reading of the Declaration of Independence, and performances by Haycreek Valley Goldband on the lawn.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, and $5 for youth (ages 6-17). Children younger than 5 and Daniel Boone Homestead Associates members receive free admission. Service animals only are allowed; smoking is not permitted on site.<\/p>\n<p>The Daniel Boone Homestead is at 400 Daniel Boone Road in Birdsboro. The 579-acre site with its 10-room stone house is managed by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and operated by the Daniel Boone Homestead Associates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Daniel Boone Homestead in Birdsboro, Berks County, is allowing residents of the Philadelphia region to commemorate America&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,69,128,130,129],"class_list":["post-224975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-philadelphia","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}