Concert admission is free. Celebrate Independence Day with this patriotic concert by the Toledo Concert Band, featuring members of the Toledo Symphony, played on the verandah of the historic Hayes Home.
The band will play a variety of music, and Civil War reenactors will fire cannons in sync with Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture.”
The Toledo Concert Band, featuring members of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, will perform a variety of patriotic music to celebrate July 4, during the annual Independence Day Concert at the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums.
The concert is from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, July 4, on the lawn in front of the historic home at Spiegel Grove, the estate of 19th U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes and his wife, First Lady Lucy Hayes.
Admission is free. Concert-goers are asked to bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating. The concert band’s repertoire changes from year to year, but it always plays Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” while Civil War reenactors fire cannons in sync with the music.
The concert is sponsored by Hal & Diane Hawk, Crown Battery and the Ohio Arts Council.
Food trucks will sell snacks and lunch on-site.
Parking is available on the grounds, weather-permitting. Overflow parking is available on the street and in ProMedica Memorial Hospital’s parking lots at Buildings A and B, located at 605 Third Ave. Hayes Presidential is a short walk to the east of the hospital parking lots.
For parking updates, visit rbhayes.org.
The museum will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Hayes Home will have tours every hour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The research library will be closed for the holiday.
Hayes Presidential is America’s first presidential library and the forerunner of the federal presidential library system. It is partially funded by the state of Ohio and affiliated with the Ohio History Connection. Hayes Presidential is located at Spiegel Grove on Buckland Avenue.
For information, call 419-332-2081, or visit rbhayes.org. Like Hayes Presidential on Facebook and follow on Instagram and X at rbhayespres and on Bluesky at rbhayespres.bsky.social.
Bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating on the lawn. Food trucks will sell lunch and snacks on site. Parking is available on the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums’ grounds, weather-permitting. Overflow parking is available on the street and in ProMedica Memorial Hospital’s parking lots at Buildings A and B, located at 605 Third Ave. Hayes Presidential is a short walk to the east of the hospital parking lots.
For updates, visit rbhayes.org. The Hayes Home and museum will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The library will be closed.
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