PBS special to broadcast from Williamsburg’s Fourth of July

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – To celebrate the nation’s 250th year, Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area will host a two-hour televised PBS event as the finale of the holiday weekend.

The PBS broadcast, “American Made in Virginia: 250 Years Together,” begins at 8 p.m. Saturday and will include live performances, historic interpretation, 400 synchronized drones and an almost 30-minute fireworks show, the largest the historic area has seen.

Williamsburg officials in partnership with VA250 are preparing for the largest Fourth of July yet. An estimated 35,000 visitors attended last year’s holiday events and organizers expect to top that this year…

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