Peoria Pops on the Plaza: Patriotic Tunes

Celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence at the Peoria Riverfront Museum!
Join us for a MUSEUM+ program:
"Peoria Pops on the Plaza: Patriotic Tunes"
Thursday, June 11, 2026 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Get tickets on our website today: RiverfrontMuseum.org/
This full symphony orchestra will be playing true-blue American music against the beautiful riverfront setting, accompanied by special guest Benjamin Franklin, as embodied by premier American political reenactor Mitchell Kramer. Franklin was part of the 'Committee of Five,' a special group appointed to draft the Declaration of Independence.
See a 1776 broadside of the Declaration of Independence, the same that our ancestors would have seen in the earliest days of our nation on exhibition in "The Promise of Liberty."
Sponsored by Linda Beth and Ed Sutkowski, America 250 donors, Visionary Society, Friends of Performance