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Contact: Bert Dunkerly, 804-226-5028
Richmond National Battlefield Park to Commemorate Arnold’s Raid and Revolutionary War Battle
Richmond, VA. Richmond National Battlefield Park will commemorate the 1781 British raid on Richmond from Thursday January 2nd through Sunday January 5th 2025 in partnership with St. John’s Church Foundation, Henrico Public Libraries, and Henrico Recreation and Parks.
Join Richmond National Battlefield Park and park partners on guided tours, presentations on women in the Revolution, Virginia Indians in the Revolution, a colonial musical performance, and reenactors programs. All activities and programs are free and open to the public. The venue for the program changes each day from January 2 through January 5:
Thursday, January 2, 2025
Libbie Mill Library
(2100 Libbie Lake East St, Henrico, VA 23230)
7:00 PM Historian Kate Gruber discusses Virginia women in the Revolution
Friday, January 3, 2025
Clarke-Palmore House (904 McCoul St, Henrico, VA 23231)
12:00PM- 5:00 PM Militia Encampment
Saturday, January 4, 2025
Chimborazo Medical Museum (3215 East Broad Street Richmond, VA 23223)
10:00 AM- 5:00 PM Re-enactor camps and demonstrations. Activities include cooking demonstrations, colonial toys and games, rope making, colonial medicine, spinning wool, and more.
11:00 AM British Musket Demonstration
12:00 PM Children’s Militia Drill Activity
1:00 PM American Musket Demonstration
2:00 PM British Musket Demonstration
3:00 PM American Musket Demonstration
Sunday, January 5, 2025
Chimborazo Medical Museum 11:00 AM- “History and Preservation in Church Hill” walking tour (2 hours/2 miles).
Historic St. John’s Church (2401 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23223)
Following Programs:
1:30-2:00 PM Colonial Music performance
2:00-3:00 PM Dr. Ashley Spivey, “Virginia Indians in the Revolution”
3:00-4:00 PM Conversation with General Benedict Arnold and Governor Thomas Jefferson
Benedict Arnold had switched sides the year before, in 1780. That same year Richmond became the state capital. In January 1781, Arnold led British and Hessian troops in capturing the town, driving American militia off the hill where the Chimborazo Medical Museum now stands. The King’s forces occupied the city for 24 hours, destroying supplies. Before the end of the year, many of these troops would be laying down their arms at Yorktown. The Arnold’s Raid event is an annual special event focused on the Revolution in Richmond.
All activities are free. For more information contact Park Ranger Bert Dunkerly at bert_dunkerly@nps.gov or Historic St. John’s Church at (804) 648-5015.
Additional information is available at www.nps.gov/rich, https://www.historicstjohnschurch.org/events/benedict-arnold-2025, or www.Facebook.com/RichmondNPS.
Last updated: December 12, 2024