Celebrate the 250th with us!

May 3, 2026: Finding Refuge: Jewish Immigration to the United States, New Jersey and Fair Lawn at the Fair Lawn Library. 3:00PM. Register Here!

May 9, 2026: Garretson Forge & Farm Spring Festival, 10:00am to 4:00pm

May 25, 2026: Fair Lawn Memorial Parade, Parade Start: 10:30am

June 7, 2026: Radburn Street Fair, 11:00am to 5:00pm. Pickup your Fair Lawn Challenge Coins!

June 12, 2026: Juneteenth Celebration at the Fair Lawn Community Center, 5:30pm to 8:30pm. Honoring those who were enslaved at Garretson Forge and in the Dunkerhook area. 

June 25, 2026 (Rain Date: June 30): Fair Lawn Fireworks at Memorial Park

June-July 2026: House Decorating Contest! Prizes for the best decorated house in Fair Lawn! More info to follow!

July 1, 2026: Hamilton Sing Along at Memorial Park. Time: TBD

July 5, 2026: America's Potluck- Details TBD

July 8, 2026: The Spirit of America- Public reading of the Declaration on the 250th anniversary of the first public reading. 6:00pm at Fair Lawn Borough Hall.

July 12 & August 9: Historic Bus/Trolley Tours of Fair Lawn! More info to follow. 

July 18: Fair Lawn Sunrise Rotary Drum Circle, "Drums of Independence: Fair Lawn 250". More info to follow. 

Sep 3- Sep 17: Revolutionary Lives Traveling Exhibition at the Fair Lawn Library. More details to follow. 

October 2-4: Junior Town Crier Competition for ages 5-18. More details to follow. 

October 11: Garretson Forge & Farm Fall Festival, 10:00am to 4:00pm

Nov 2, 2026: Historic Preservation Indigenous Program Night at the Fair Lawn Community Center

December 5: Garretson Forge & Farm Dutch Christmas, 10:00am to 4:00pm

More events to come!

Previous Events:

Jan 1, 2026: Rotary 1st Day 5k- Memorial Park. Join the Rev250 Committee and our Town Crier as we cheer on our first day runners!

Jan 8, 2026: 6:00pm-9:00pm- Fair Lawns Revolution 250 Community Kickoff at Fair Lawn High School

Feb 2, 6, 9,13: 6:30pm- 8:30pm and 7,14: 12:00pm- 3:00pm. Presidential & Early American Autographs Exhibit at The Cadmus House, 14 Pollitt Drive. 

Feb 16, 2026: A Night with the Founding Fathers. Garretson Forge & Farm, 4-02 River Road. Space is limited. Registration required. Please register here: https://tinyurl.com/autograph250

Feb 18 2026: 7:00pm. Screening & Cast Talk: THE PRICE OF SILENCE: Parts 1 & 3. The Forgotten Story of New Jersey's Enslaved People.  Feb 22, 2026: Murder Mystery with the Friends of the Maurice M. Pine Free Public Library.

March 2026: Community 6 x 6" Art Exhibition. Location: Better Daze Cafe

April 26, 2026: Land Acknowledgement & Plant Giveaway with the Fair Lawn Green Team, Memorial Park, 11:00am to 1:00pm