Independence Day
at the Daniel Boone Homestead
Friday, July 4, 2025 • 11:00am-3:00pm

Commemorate our Nation’s birthday at the Daniel Boone Homestead’s Independence Day event. Learn about the different kinds of troops who fought for America’s freedom during the Revolutionary War including the militia, Continentals, Dragoons, and Riflemen. Guided Boone House tours will be offered throughout the day, as well as blacksmithing demonstrations. There will also be plenty of activities for children, including a militia muster activity, colonial toys and games, and crafts. Children will get a chance to be “recruited” into the local militia as officers drum up for volunteers to fight the British. The new “recruits” will be taken through authentic eighteenth-century military drills and marches with wooden dummy guns. Our volunteer blacksmith will be making iron work used in the military and on the home front. Visitors can also take a tour of the Bertolet Log House and learn about the mounted Dragoons and their role in the Revolution.
Admission: Adults $10.00, Seniors (65+) $8.00, Youth (6-17) $5.00. Children 5 and under and DBHA members are free. Please no pets (except service animals) and no smoking. Visit our website or Facebook page for more information – www.thedanielboonehomestead.org and Daniel Boone Homestead
on Facebook. The event is funded and presented by The Daniel Boone Homestead Associates.The Daniel Boone Homestead is the birthplace of the famed frontiersman, born in 1734. The Boone House, constructed in three stages throughout the eighteenth century, is a 10-room stone structure fully furnished to the period and situated on 579 acres of rolling countryside. The Daniel Boone Homestead is located halfway between Reading and Pottstown, one mile north of Rt. 422 near Baumstown. The Homestead is owned by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and daily historic operations are run by the Daniel Boone Homestead Associates, a local, nonprofit
organization. If you would like more information or would like to make a donation, please contact the Daniel Boone Homestead at 610-582-4900.