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Celebrate America250 with Historic Rock Ford

  • July 2 - 3, 2026
  • Historic Rock Ford

    881 Rockford Road
    Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17602
Description

Celebrate America's 250th Birthday at Historic Rock Ford! Our two-day celebration will offer various free, fun, and educational activities throughout the day, including:

  • Live musicians
  • Self-guided tours of the circa 1794 General Hand Mansion
  • Living Historians and Sutlers, both military and civilian around the grounds
  • Lancaster’s Revolutionaries exhibit in the Snyder Gallery
  • Open Hearth Cooking Demonstrations
  • Children’s scavenger hunt
  • Period dance demonstrations
  • And more!

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This event is free, but registration is recommended for planning purposes.

Date & Time

Jul 2 - 3, 2026

Venue Details

Historic Rock Ford

881 Rockford Road
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17602 Historic Rock Ford
Rock Ford Foundation

Historic Rock Ford is comprised of the circa 1794 General Edward Hand Mansion and the John J. Snyder, Jr. Gallery of Early Lancaster County Decorative Arts. Our historic site is situated on 33 acres of gardens, woods and grounds surrounded by Lancaster County Central Park located in the southeast corner of Lancaster City.  This remarkable estate offers visitors the opportunity to encounter the outstanding original late-Georgian style architecture of the Hand Mansion, to experience its rooms furnished in exquisite period style while, in the Snyder Gallery, to explore a nationally recognized collection of Lancaster County decorative arts dating from circa 1760 to 1820 including furniture, portraiture, long rifles, tall case clocks, silver, and much more. 


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