National Airborne Day 2025
📅 Saturday, August 16, 2025
🕗 8:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
📍 Airborne & Special Operations Museum
100 Bragg Blvd, Fayetteville, NC 28301

Join us for a powerful celebration as National Airborne Day returns to the U.S. Army Airborne & Special Operations Museum and coincides with the museum’s 25th anniversary. This momentous occasion will honor 85 years of Airborne history, from the first U.S. Army parachute jump in 1940 to the legacy carried on by today’s elite Soldiers.

This year’s festival, hosted by the XVIII Airborne Corps, will feature patriotic performances, static displays, and special programming that brings military history to life for all ages.  You’ll also experience live music from the 82nd Airborne Division Band and All-American Chorus, a mock door jump demonstration.

We’ll begin the day with a Liberty Tree Ceremony at 8:00 A.M., including the dedication of a permanent historical marker honoring the original Liberty Tree, an enduring symbol of freedom and resilience.  Throughout the morning, explore Camp Flintlock, a hands-on living history experience where families can enjoy colonial-era demonstrations, period costumes, and educational activities.

Schedule of Events

• 8:00 A.M. – Liberty Tree Ceremony & Marker Dedication
• 8:30 A.M. – Static Displays & Camp Flintlock Open
• 9:00 A.M. – Welcome Remarks
• 9:05 A.M. – Performance by the 82nd Airborne Division Band
• 9:30 A.M. – Performance by the All-American Chorus
• 9:45 A.M. – Mock Door Demonstration
• 11:30 A.M. – Proclamation Signing

Admission is FREE and all are welcome. Whether you’re a veteran, active-duty service member, military family, or proud patriot, National Airborne Day 2025 at the ASOM is a day you won’t want to miss.