Memorial Day Weekend: America250 Celebration at Jones Beach

Celebrate America250 with a family-friendly event at Jones Beach State Park featuring historical reenactments, live demonstrations, and patriotic entertainment highlighting Long Island’s role in the American Revolution.

• Patriotic drone show over the Atlantic Ocean at the Central Mall
• Historical reenactors portraying New York’s four signers of the Declaration of Independence: Philip Livingston, Lewis Morris, William Floyd, and Francis Lewis
• Revolutionary War reenactment encampments from the 1st Rhode Island Regiment (all-Black regiment) and the 5th New York Regiment
• Living history appearances by George Washington (on horseback), James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Tallmadge, and Robert Townsend of the Culper Spy Ring
• Period music performed by fife and drum band
• Colonial-era cooking demonstrations
• History-themed family games
• Inflatable play areas for children