Newtown Celebrates America 250 — Saturday, August 8, 2026
A full day of Revolutionary- and Civil War–era reenactments, historical displays and family activities in Newtown; expect road closures and parking restrictions.
On Saturday, August 8, 2026, Newtown will host “Newtown Celebrates America 250” with a Revolutionary-era skirmish outside the Bird in Hand, an Edward Hicks reenactor at Newtown Friends Meeting House, a Civil War band at the Newtown Theatre, a reenactment of the Doan Gang robbery of the Bucks County Treasury, historical displays at the Half-Moon Inn, antique fire trucks at the Newtown Fire House Museum, bank lobby exhibits, and Hessian prisoner and graveyard tours at the Old Presbyterian Church. Motorists should expect extra pedestrian traffic, parking restrictions beginning at 7:00 AM (no parking on South State Street between Penn Street and Centre Avenue and on Court Street between Penn Street and Centre Avenue) and road closures beginning at 9:00 AM (South State Street between Centre Avenue and South Chancellor Street from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM; Court Street between Centre Avenue and Penn Street from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM); use Sycamore Street to enter the borough, Centre Avenue and Washington Avenue bridges will remain open, and local businesses and municipal parking lots will be open for the event.