July 4th Celebration and Townwide America250 Kickoff

July 4, 2025 · 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sitewide

Free

This year's July 4th Celebration will be bigger than ever before! KTM&HC is excited to host the kickoff to the Ridgefield Commemorates America at 250 Commission's year of townwide initiatives to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

The event will begin with a fife and drum duo marching down Main Street to KTM&HC. Throughout the day, visitors will enjoy a wide range of family-friendly activities, including: museum tours; costumed reenactors; demonstrations of historic crafts such as spinning and shoemaking; kids' games, crafts, and a scavenger hunt; live music and dance on the tented terrace; a dunk tank to dunk King George; a vintage firetruck; an art exhibit in the barn curated by the Ridgefield Guild of Artists; free watermelon; assorted merchandise; and more!

Grilled BBQ menu options and other refreshments will be on sale.

The event will culminate with the reading of the Declaration of Independence by community members, followed by a rendition of "America the Beautiful" and a reading of Frederick Douglass's speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"

Free admission. No onsite parking. 

Donations welcome to benefit KTM&HC's ongoing site preservation and general operations. All proceeds from the BBQ to benefit the RCA250 town committee.