The Fort Pitt Museum will host its annual Fourth at the Fort event in Point State Park. At 1 p.m., Fort Pitt Museum staff, scouts, and local veterans will help kick off the Fourth of July holiday by raising a 36-foot American flag. The ceremony will commence in the Fort Pitt Block House yard, thanks to an ongoing partnership with the Pittsburgh Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, owners of the Fort Pitt Block House – the oldest building in the region. Following the patriotic flag raising ceremony, visitors can enjoy a family-friendly afternoon of living history demonstrations, cannon-firings, and 18th-century military music. Admission to outdoor activities at Fourth at the Fort event is free, but regular admission applies to enter the Fort Pitt Museum and access its exhibitions.

This summer at Point State Park, the Fort Pitt Museum – part of the Smithsonian-affiliated Heinz History Center’s family of museums – will host several public programs that bring the history of Pittsburgh to life right where the city began.