America 250
As the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday,
we bring you noteworthy developments in the preparations
and expose those who use the occasion to trash the country
that has been so good to them.
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10/27/25 - The Heritage Foundation Guide to Historic Sites is a family-friendly resource for touring significant battlefields, presidential homes, museums, etc. Sites are graded for ideological bias. Opportunity to submit your own review.
10/24/25 – Right-leaning French company plans gigantic “Guardian of Liberty” statue (tallest in the West) for America 250, if they can get funding and U.S. visas to do the work here
10/24/25 - Alexandria, Virginia courthouse will install a sculpture for America 250 representing the time it takes to read the Declaration of Independence (10 minutes); QR code leads viewers to a recording of residents reading the Declaration
10/23/25 - Philadelphia will host 52 weeks of events celebrating historical "firsts" for America 250 (e.g., first hot air balloon flight); local artists will create sculptures to commemorate each "first”
10/22/25 - Conservative publication launches essay series for America 250 centered on the people who created a great nation
10/20/25 – Disney will offer Immersive flight experiences at two parks, taking guests on a “breathtaking journey, highlighting some of the country’s natural beauty and iconic cityscapes”
10/20/25 – Manhattan harbor will host largest gathering of tall ships and naval vessels ever seen in the city; event will also feature a military flyover and fireworks against the iconic Manhattan skyline
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10/27/25 - The Heritage Foundation Guide to Historic Sites is a family-friendly resource for touring significant battlefields, presidential homes, museums, etc. Sites are graded for ideological bias. Opportunity to submit your own review.
10/24/25 – Right-leaning French company plans gigantic “Guardian of Liberty” statue (tallest in the West) for America 250, if they can get funding and U.S. visas to do the work here
10/24/25 - Alexandria, Virginia courthouse will install a sculpture for America 250 representing the time it takes to read the Declaration of Independence (10 minutes); QR code leads viewers to a recording of residents reading the Declaration
10/23/25 - Philadelphia will host 52 weeks of events celebrating historical "firsts" for America 250 (e.g., first hot air balloon flight); local artists will create sculptures to commemorate each "first”
10/22/25 - Conservative publication launches essay series for America 250 centered on the people who created a great nation
10/20/25 – Disney will offer Immersive flight experiences at two parks, taking guests on a “breathtaking journey, highlighting some of the country’s natural beauty and iconic cityscapes”
10/20/25 – Manhattan harbor will host largest gathering of tall ships and naval vessels ever seen in the city; event will also feature a military flyover and fireworks against the iconic Manhattan skyline
PREVIOUS
10/18/25 - Vance, Hegseth speak at Marines’ 250th anniversary celebration at Camp Pendleton
10/16/25 - Grand arch planned for Memorial Bridge in D.C. to celebrate America’s 250th birthday; nicknamed 'Arc de Trump', the structure will feature a gilded Lady of Liberty at the top
10/15/25 - America250 commission expands field trip contest for 3rd-12th graders; submit an essay or artwork for a chance to win extraordinary trips to some of the country’s most iconic landmarks this summer
10/13/25 - National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) among groups selected by taxpayer-funded America 250 Commission to develop programming for the celebration; NCAI trashes Columbus statues and holiday, and helped obtain clemency for Leonard Peltier who murdered two FBI agents in 1975. Commission Chair Rosie Rios, who proudly proclaims "Mexico is my country" remains true to form.
10/11/25 - Coinciding with America’s 250th anniversary, every performance of the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center throughout the 2025-2026 season will begin with the National Anthem
10/5/25 – U.S. Navy celebrates 250 years. “The American sailor never quits, never fails, and never, ever lets us down,” President Trump remarks.
10/3/25 - US Treasury confirms plans for Trump $1 coin to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary
9/30/25 - Notable lecture in Idaho marking America 250 will ask audience “to consider both our history and our future in striving to form ‘a more perfect union’”
9/24/25 - Mobile museum traveling the state brings Virginia’s rich history to schools, museums, local events, fairs, and more, highlighting every region of the state.
9/24/25 – Veteran-produced patriot cap salutes 250 years of American history with bald eagle and other iconic symbols ($34.99)
9/22/25 - For the first time in history the National Archives in Washington is displaying the entire Constitution, including all 27 Amendments, for 2 weeks from Sept. 16 through Oct. 1.
9/19/25 – U.S. Education Department launches civics education coalition with such notable partners as Turning Point USA, Hillsdale, and PragerU (“A country cannot survive if its values are forgotten”)
9/12/25 – New Jersey amusement park Jenkinson’s Boardwalk to unveil a red, white, and blue-themed roller coaster for A250; ‘Patriot’s Run’ opens summer 2026
9/8/25 - As we approach our 250th anniversary, President Trump is reviving one of America’s most prominent and powerful founding principles – we are one nation under God - and is asking Americans to pray for our country
9/7/25 -“As Americans celebrate the 250th anniversaries of all the events of the American Revolution, there is one place where citizens in all 50 states can trace back its liberty-minded heritage: Boston” – “a city of revolutionary significance”
9/2/25 - The America250 organization will create the world’s largest American flag, taller than the Empire State Building, to be unfurled next spring
8/26/25 – Ohio will celebrate America250 with film screenings and events in all 88 counties featuring movies with actors, directors, composers, etc. from the state
8/20/25 - American Legion post in Tyler TX receives items from U.S.S. Texas submarine crew to add to post’s ceremonial POW/MIA table (“the red rose represents the blood that was lost”)
8/19/25 - The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia will open two new galleries next year in time for America’s 250th anniversary. America's Founding Gallery opens in February and the other, Separation of Powers Gallery, opens in May.
8/13/25 - White House reviewing all Smithsonian content before America 250 celebration for alignment with Trump ‘Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History’ order
8/13/25 - Chuck Schumer exhibits Trump Derangement Syndrome when announcing new America 250 commissioner who echoes, citing leftist causes ‘under attack’ - ‘civil rights’, ‘equal justice’, and ‘scientific progress.’ We’re a long way from the founding.
8/7/25 - Commemorative ‘Dakota Liberty’ beer will be sold to help finance South Dakota’s America 250th Commission
8/6/25 - The Official America 250 Tour will start in Huntington Beach, CA on New Year’s Eve - a traveling festival featuring, among other things, reenactments, a focus on historic sites, and a Wall of Honor celebrating veterans and first responders
8/5/25 - Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution (SAR/DAR) install park benches and flag pole in Parkersburg WV city park to honor 13 mid-Ohio Valley patriots who fought in the Revolutionary War
8/3/25 - One of the most important stories in our nation's history is coming to the silver screen next 4th of July. This film brings to life the untold origin story of a 21-year-old George Washington—long before the Revolution.
7/30/25 - C-SPAN has continuing coverage of America 250 events, discussions, and ceremonies in all 50 states. There are already numerous video clips on the page.
7/28/25 - U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission launches ‘Our American Story’ on the National Mall - kicking off a yearlong cross-country tour with a mobile recording studio to preserve the voices of everyday Americans
7/26/25 - Full lineup of events scheduled at Gettysburg for America 250, including special battlefield tours and living history programs
7/25/25 - Trump announces grants for civics seminars that will “prepare the next generation to carry forward the principles of liberty, limited government, and ... equality that define our nation….”
7/25/25 - Shelby County OH America 250 Committee working to identify veterans’ graves (especially from the Revolutionary War), mark them and clean the cemeteries
7/24/25 - “United in Sound: America at 250 Festival” will put on 35 concerts in various styles at Carnegie Hall to celebrate America’s musical riches
7/23/25 - North Carolina putting out young reader books for America 250 inspired by real events and figurers in state’s history (e.g., ‘Freedom’s Howl’)
7/21/25 - Historic Falls Church, VA recommits to the nation’s founding principles, hopes to have state’s mobile A250 museum on hand for Memorial Day 2026
7/20/25 - As we prepare for America 250, remember the words of Calvin Coolidge: “man[kind] everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny,” i.e. to pursue happiness.
7/16/25 - Wyoming radio stations running America 250 series featuring 65 iconic figures and pivotal movements in America’s struggle for independence and state’s history
7/15/25 - Expect to see the debunked 1619 Project resurrected to bash the country in the run-up to America 250. (No, slavery is not the central reason America was founded.)
7/15/25 – New book “debunks and dismantles every myth and blunder of the 1619 Project.” Author: “Using history as a weapon to push an agenda of economic redistribution, anti-capitalism, and slavery reparations needs to be … refuted.”
7/3/25 – Interior Department launches Patriot Program for America 250 to honor our heroes and celebrate our shared history with improvements to iconic historic sites
7/3/25 - Deranged critic braces for the worst, expects America 250 to bring “mandatory Trump rallies, gilded tanks rolling through cities, a MAGA hat in every mailbox.” Does it get any sillier?
7/3/25 - “Liberty survives only when it is defended.” From the video profile of Founder Thomas Heyward, Jr. who was captured by the British and wrote South Carolina’s constitution.
7/2/25 - America at 250: “a marvel ... that, for all the defects just noted, remains the world’s most egalitarian society, the world center of innovation, and the free world’s best hope for leadership in confronting tyrannies with aggression on their minds.”
6/26/25 - LGBTQ advocate, Robert Kesten, says that America 250 videos “shortchange us and ignore all the progress we have made historically/academically.” We say the videos are about our nation’s founding 250 years ago; not about life in America 250 years later.
6/26/25 - Antiracist professor, Omekongo Dibinga says the goal of PragerU’s America 250 videos is to accelerate the erasure of non-White male history. Not true. A video of groundbreaking black poetess Phillis Wheatley is in the works. Get your facts straight.
6/25/25 - Left-wing kooks at the Atlantic and Mother Jones drowning in their own anti-Trump vitriol. “The Radical Left will spend the next year fuming that they won’t be able to hijack [A250] into their own 1619 Project. Expect more of this."
6/23/25 - America250 announces kick-off celebration with remarks by President Trump at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on July 3rd
6/19/25 - Hillsdale College and the White House Salute to America 250 Task Force launch new video series on America’s founding
6/18/25 - White House and PragerU launch exhibit in D.C. (“Road to Liberty: The Men, Women, and Moments That Forged the United States”) to celebrate America 250
6/14/25 - The 250-year history of the Army portrayed in a 6-minute video
6/12/25 - Celebration at Yorktown Battlefield commemorates U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and legacy
6/9/25 - The documentary ‘The American Miracle - Our Nation Is No Accident’ chronicles some of the most significant events in America's birth and rise to prosperity and power. Created in anticipation of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
6/8/25 - Official Ornament of America 250 announced. Representation of the White House - which doubles as a Christmas ornament - will be available for purchase this fall at shop.whitehousehistory.org
6/3/25 - Stellantis celebrates America’s 250th birthday with huge building wrap
5/24/25 - President Trump announces “Magnificent Parade” in DC on June 14th to celebrate 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army
5/23/25 - Virginia plans parade of 60 tall ships at Norfolk to celebrate America 250
5/9/25 - Leftist conspiracy theorist thinks America 250 is a secret plan to usher in an “autocratic transition” in the United States. Guffaw!
5/8/25 - New York real estate CEO, Michael Hershman, of the Soloviev Group: “I’m disappointed that I don’t see more activity planning for events celebrating our [250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence] birthday…. I want to remind people about the freedoms we have here in this country.” So, Soloviev’s charitable arm has created an immersive installation called “Path of Liberty: That Which Unites Us” that is showing near the United Nations.
5/5/25 - Mt. Vernon holds reenactment on the 250th anniversary of George Washington’s decampment to the Second Continental Congress, to be named commander-in-chief of the Continental Army
5/4/25 - Leftist historians take aim at Trump calling him ignorant and a tyrant when it comes to our 250th birthday: “He’s ignorant of economic history, he’s ignorant of political history. And his idea for the 250 is to use it as a way to celebrate him,” says Jonathan Alter, historian and Presidential biographer. “We don’t know yet exactly how he’ll hijack that event next year, but he will certainly try to do so.” “The problem for Trump, argues Johann Neem, a professor of US history at Western Washington University, is that the revolution was a rebellion “against tyranny and arbitrary power” of the type that he is now trying to wield. Sure.
5/1/25 - U.S. Postal Service celebrates America’s 250th with Benjamin Franklin stamp (first Postmaster General)
4/29/25 - Mellon Foundation worms its way into America 250 after Trump reallocates funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support his Garden of Heroes. Mellon donates $15 million to the Federation of State Humanities Councils whose members are planning for America 250. Where Mellon Foundation money goes, you can expect its pernicious leftist influence to follow.
4/27/25 - America’s Founding Documents Are Selling Like Gangbusters
4/25/25 - Hate-filled history association urges states to focus on America’s “faults, past and present”, America’s imperial conquest of the continent, and present-day squabbles instead of the Founding
4/21/25 - Article entitled “250 years after the British invaded my hometown” observes, “You can’t hold on to your inheritance if you don’t know where it came from or what it cost.”
4/20/25 - The American Revolution brought popular sovereignty to the world stage and “altered the destiny of billions.” We should be confident enough to tell the American Story, warts and all, without apology. “The failure to live up to our most cherished principles is a universal human failing. Why should our own failings be used to ‘prove’ we're unworthy of love and respect and patriotic devotion?”
4/19/25 - The Museum of the American Revolution in Philly marks the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War and the creation of the U.S. Armed Forces (Army, Navy, and Marine Corps) with Banners of Liberty: An Exhibition of Original Revolutionary War Flags
4/19/25 - Sneering left-wing Slate celebrates collapse of a commemorative arch reading “Welcome to the Birthplace of American Liberty”, devolves into self-righteous proclamation that “liberals are feeling none too proud of their country,” then concludes with an anti-Trump screed. There’s only one reason for an article like this to appear: to tear everything down. Why don’t you roll up your sleeves, get to work, and do something to make things better for everyone instead of just sneering from your armchair? Sneering is cheap and easy; let’s see you achieve something real.
4/19/25 - The point of celebrating the nation’s birth is lost on critics who can’t see beyond their own Trump Derangement Syndrome and who bash his preparations for America 250 as an “assault on history” that “destroys truth”
4/19/25 - AP writers use occasion of Lexington and Concord battle reenactments to emphasize present-day divisions in the country, trash the Declaration of Independence (‘all men are created equal’ is preposterous in light of slavery), and declare the Founders were not confident the American experiment in self-government would endure. Some celebration.
4/19/25 - Telling America’s story is too important to leave to radicals and that is why President Trump has called for a restoration of America’s story. And on cue, Leftists are crying censorship – but what they really fear is losing control of the narrative.
4/18/25 - Left-of-center writer finds “much to celebrate” in America 250 - a free society, democratic principles that reformers continue to invoke, and inspiration to millions around the world
4/18/25 - America’s 250th birthday does not call upon us to “celebrate mistakes” but the first actualization of the Enlightenment principle that political authority rests with the common people. Thus, do not fall into the trap of “self-flagellation when we discover hypocrisy in our past.”
4/16/25 - “mature minds can combine unblinking assessments of history’s inevitable mistakes, cruelties, tragedies and sorrows with gratitude for those who persevered, and reverence for what they achieved: a wonderful nation.” Revolutionary War trilogy reminds us that “the birth of this nation, like that of a baby, was painful but worth it.”
4/10/25 - Yale professors to teach one-time ‘America 250 history course in the fall, but err in calling for the reinvention of the American Idea (“It is this generation of students who are going to have to invent some of these things anew about what the United States is and what its function in the world is”). Only people who hate America called for its ‘reinvention’. Our critique here.
4/3/25 - As we approach America’s 250th birthday on July 4, 2026, we must remember that vigilance is the price of liberty, and it requires us to keep our eye on the prize of a restored and victorious constitutional republic, and the defeat of a corrupt administrative state.
4/2/25 - Pavan Parikh, Hamilton County Clerk of Courts and Co-Chair of Hamilton County’s America 250-Ohio committee, wrote in his absurd editorial about America’s 250th that “the foundational values that have shaped America are liberty, justice, and the unyielding belief that diversity makes us stronger” and that “diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential components of a thriving society.” Whatever happened to E Pluribus Unum?
10/14/24 - Left-wing Atlantic runs through a long litany of reasons to hate America, then surprises with admission our country has a “pretty good origin story” - “a revolution on behalf of human equality.” Magazine challenges the Left to engage with and find meaning in the artifacts of America’s founding. “If they don’t, the meaning of 2026—and of American patriotism—will be decided for them.”
10/16/25 - Grand arch planned for Memorial Bridge in D.C. to celebrate America’s 250th birthday; nicknamed 'Arc de Trump', the structure will feature a gilded Lady of Liberty at the top
10/15/25 - America250 commission expands field trip contest for 3rd-12th graders; submit an essay or artwork for a chance to win extraordinary trips to some of the country’s most iconic landmarks this summer
10/13/25 - National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) among groups selected by taxpayer-funded America 250 Commission to develop programming for the celebration; NCAI trashes Columbus statues and holiday, and helped obtain clemency for Leonard Peltier who murdered two FBI agents in 1975. Commission Chair Rosie Rios, who proudly proclaims "Mexico is my country" remains true to form.
10/11/25 - Coinciding with America’s 250th anniversary, every performance of the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center throughout the 2025-2026 season will begin with the National Anthem
10/5/25 – U.S. Navy celebrates 250 years. “The American sailor never quits, never fails, and never, ever lets us down,” President Trump remarks.
10/3/25 - US Treasury confirms plans for Trump $1 coin to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary
9/30/25 - Notable lecture in Idaho marking America 250 will ask audience “to consider both our history and our future in striving to form ‘a more perfect union’”
9/24/25 - Mobile museum traveling the state brings Virginia’s rich history to schools, museums, local events, fairs, and more, highlighting every region of the state.
9/24/25 – Veteran-produced patriot cap salutes 250 years of American history with bald eagle and other iconic symbols ($34.99)
9/22/25 - For the first time in history the National Archives in Washington is displaying the entire Constitution, including all 27 Amendments, for 2 weeks from Sept. 16 through Oct. 1.
9/19/25 – U.S. Education Department launches civics education coalition with such notable partners as Turning Point USA, Hillsdale, and PragerU (“A country cannot survive if its values are forgotten”)
9/12/25 – New Jersey amusement park Jenkinson’s Boardwalk to unveil a red, white, and blue-themed roller coaster for A250; ‘Patriot’s Run’ opens summer 2026
9/8/25 - As we approach our 250th anniversary, President Trump is reviving one of America’s most prominent and powerful founding principles – we are one nation under God - and is asking Americans to pray for our country
9/7/25 -“As Americans celebrate the 250th anniversaries of all the events of the American Revolution, there is one place where citizens in all 50 states can trace back its liberty-minded heritage: Boston” – “a city of revolutionary significance”
9/2/25 - The America250 organization will create the world’s largest American flag, taller than the Empire State Building, to be unfurled next spring
8/26/25 – Ohio will celebrate America250 with film screenings and events in all 88 counties featuring movies with actors, directors, composers, etc. from the state
8/20/25 - American Legion post in Tyler TX receives items from U.S.S. Texas submarine crew to add to post’s ceremonial POW/MIA table (“the red rose represents the blood that was lost”)
8/19/25 - The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia will open two new galleries next year in time for America’s 250th anniversary. America's Founding Gallery opens in February and the other, Separation of Powers Gallery, opens in May.
8/13/25 - White House reviewing all Smithsonian content before America 250 celebration for alignment with Trump ‘Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History’ order
8/13/25 - Chuck Schumer exhibits Trump Derangement Syndrome when announcing new America 250 commissioner who echoes, citing leftist causes ‘under attack’ - ‘civil rights’, ‘equal justice’, and ‘scientific progress.’ We’re a long way from the founding.
8/7/25 - Commemorative ‘Dakota Liberty’ beer will be sold to help finance South Dakota’s America 250th Commission
8/6/25 - The Official America 250 Tour will start in Huntington Beach, CA on New Year’s Eve - a traveling festival featuring, among other things, reenactments, a focus on historic sites, and a Wall of Honor celebrating veterans and first responders
8/5/25 - Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution (SAR/DAR) install park benches and flag pole in Parkersburg WV city park to honor 13 mid-Ohio Valley patriots who fought in the Revolutionary War
8/3/25 - One of the most important stories in our nation's history is coming to the silver screen next 4th of July. This film brings to life the untold origin story of a 21-year-old George Washington—long before the Revolution.
7/30/25 - C-SPAN has continuing coverage of America 250 events, discussions, and ceremonies in all 50 states. There are already numerous video clips on the page.
7/28/25 - U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission launches ‘Our American Story’ on the National Mall - kicking off a yearlong cross-country tour with a mobile recording studio to preserve the voices of everyday Americans
7/26/25 - Full lineup of events scheduled at Gettysburg for America 250, including special battlefield tours and living history programs
7/25/25 - Trump announces grants for civics seminars that will “prepare the next generation to carry forward the principles of liberty, limited government, and ... equality that define our nation….”
7/25/25 - Shelby County OH America 250 Committee working to identify veterans’ graves (especially from the Revolutionary War), mark them and clean the cemeteries
7/24/25 - “United in Sound: America at 250 Festival” will put on 35 concerts in various styles at Carnegie Hall to celebrate America’s musical riches
7/23/25 - North Carolina putting out young reader books for America 250 inspired by real events and figurers in state’s history (e.g., ‘Freedom’s Howl’)
7/21/25 - Historic Falls Church, VA recommits to the nation’s founding principles, hopes to have state’s mobile A250 museum on hand for Memorial Day 2026
7/20/25 - As we prepare for America 250, remember the words of Calvin Coolidge: “man[kind] everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny,” i.e. to pursue happiness.
7/16/25 - Wyoming radio stations running America 250 series featuring 65 iconic figures and pivotal movements in America’s struggle for independence and state’s history
7/15/25 - Expect to see the debunked 1619 Project resurrected to bash the country in the run-up to America 250. (No, slavery is not the central reason America was founded.)
7/15/25 – New book “debunks and dismantles every myth and blunder of the 1619 Project.” Author: “Using history as a weapon to push an agenda of economic redistribution, anti-capitalism, and slavery reparations needs to be … refuted.”
7/3/25 – Interior Department launches Patriot Program for America 250 to honor our heroes and celebrate our shared history with improvements to iconic historic sites
7/3/25 - Deranged critic braces for the worst, expects America 250 to bring “mandatory Trump rallies, gilded tanks rolling through cities, a MAGA hat in every mailbox.” Does it get any sillier?
7/3/25 - “Liberty survives only when it is defended.” From the video profile of Founder Thomas Heyward, Jr. who was captured by the British and wrote South Carolina’s constitution.
7/2/25 - America at 250: “a marvel ... that, for all the defects just noted, remains the world’s most egalitarian society, the world center of innovation, and the free world’s best hope for leadership in confronting tyrannies with aggression on their minds.”
6/26/25 - LGBTQ advocate, Robert Kesten, says that America 250 videos “shortchange us and ignore all the progress we have made historically/academically.” We say the videos are about our nation’s founding 250 years ago; not about life in America 250 years later.
6/26/25 - Antiracist professor, Omekongo Dibinga says the goal of PragerU’s America 250 videos is to accelerate the erasure of non-White male history. Not true. A video of groundbreaking black poetess Phillis Wheatley is in the works. Get your facts straight.
6/25/25 - Left-wing kooks at the Atlantic and Mother Jones drowning in their own anti-Trump vitriol. “The Radical Left will spend the next year fuming that they won’t be able to hijack [A250] into their own 1619 Project. Expect more of this."
6/23/25 - America250 announces kick-off celebration with remarks by President Trump at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on July 3rd
6/19/25 - Hillsdale College and the White House Salute to America 250 Task Force launch new video series on America’s founding
6/18/25 - White House and PragerU launch exhibit in D.C. (“Road to Liberty: The Men, Women, and Moments That Forged the United States”) to celebrate America 250
6/14/25 - The 250-year history of the Army portrayed in a 6-minute video
6/12/25 - Celebration at Yorktown Battlefield commemorates U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and legacy
6/9/25 - The documentary ‘The American Miracle - Our Nation Is No Accident’ chronicles some of the most significant events in America's birth and rise to prosperity and power. Created in anticipation of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
6/8/25 - Official Ornament of America 250 announced. Representation of the White House - which doubles as a Christmas ornament - will be available for purchase this fall at shop.whitehousehistory.org
6/3/25 - Stellantis celebrates America’s 250th birthday with huge building wrap
5/24/25 - President Trump announces “Magnificent Parade” in DC on June 14th to celebrate 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army
5/23/25 - Virginia plans parade of 60 tall ships at Norfolk to celebrate America 250
5/9/25 - Leftist conspiracy theorist thinks America 250 is a secret plan to usher in an “autocratic transition” in the United States. Guffaw!
5/8/25 - New York real estate CEO, Michael Hershman, of the Soloviev Group: “I’m disappointed that I don’t see more activity planning for events celebrating our [250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence] birthday…. I want to remind people about the freedoms we have here in this country.” So, Soloviev’s charitable arm has created an immersive installation called “Path of Liberty: That Which Unites Us” that is showing near the United Nations.
5/5/25 - Mt. Vernon holds reenactment on the 250th anniversary of George Washington’s decampment to the Second Continental Congress, to be named commander-in-chief of the Continental Army
5/4/25 - Leftist historians take aim at Trump calling him ignorant and a tyrant when it comes to our 250th birthday: “He’s ignorant of economic history, he’s ignorant of political history. And his idea for the 250 is to use it as a way to celebrate him,” says Jonathan Alter, historian and Presidential biographer. “We don’t know yet exactly how he’ll hijack that event next year, but he will certainly try to do so.” “The problem for Trump, argues Johann Neem, a professor of US history at Western Washington University, is that the revolution was a rebellion “against tyranny and arbitrary power” of the type that he is now trying to wield. Sure.
5/1/25 - U.S. Postal Service celebrates America’s 250th with Benjamin Franklin stamp (first Postmaster General)
4/29/25 - Mellon Foundation worms its way into America 250 after Trump reallocates funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support his Garden of Heroes. Mellon donates $15 million to the Federation of State Humanities Councils whose members are planning for America 250. Where Mellon Foundation money goes, you can expect its pernicious leftist influence to follow.
4/27/25 - America’s Founding Documents Are Selling Like Gangbusters
4/25/25 - Hate-filled history association urges states to focus on America’s “faults, past and present”, America’s imperial conquest of the continent, and present-day squabbles instead of the Founding
4/21/25 - Article entitled “250 years after the British invaded my hometown” observes, “You can’t hold on to your inheritance if you don’t know where it came from or what it cost.”
4/20/25 - The American Revolution brought popular sovereignty to the world stage and “altered the destiny of billions.” We should be confident enough to tell the American Story, warts and all, without apology. “The failure to live up to our most cherished principles is a universal human failing. Why should our own failings be used to ‘prove’ we're unworthy of love and respect and patriotic devotion?”
4/19/25 - The Museum of the American Revolution in Philly marks the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War and the creation of the U.S. Armed Forces (Army, Navy, and Marine Corps) with Banners of Liberty: An Exhibition of Original Revolutionary War Flags
4/19/25 - Sneering left-wing Slate celebrates collapse of a commemorative arch reading “Welcome to the Birthplace of American Liberty”, devolves into self-righteous proclamation that “liberals are feeling none too proud of their country,” then concludes with an anti-Trump screed. There’s only one reason for an article like this to appear: to tear everything down. Why don’t you roll up your sleeves, get to work, and do something to make things better for everyone instead of just sneering from your armchair? Sneering is cheap and easy; let’s see you achieve something real.
4/19/25 - The point of celebrating the nation’s birth is lost on critics who can’t see beyond their own Trump Derangement Syndrome and who bash his preparations for America 250 as an “assault on history” that “destroys truth”
4/19/25 - AP writers use occasion of Lexington and Concord battle reenactments to emphasize present-day divisions in the country, trash the Declaration of Independence (‘all men are created equal’ is preposterous in light of slavery), and declare the Founders were not confident the American experiment in self-government would endure. Some celebration.
4/19/25 - Telling America’s story is too important to leave to radicals and that is why President Trump has called for a restoration of America’s story. And on cue, Leftists are crying censorship – but what they really fear is losing control of the narrative.
4/18/25 - Left-of-center writer finds “much to celebrate” in America 250 - a free society, democratic principles that reformers continue to invoke, and inspiration to millions around the world
4/18/25 - America’s 250th birthday does not call upon us to “celebrate mistakes” but the first actualization of the Enlightenment principle that political authority rests with the common people. Thus, do not fall into the trap of “self-flagellation when we discover hypocrisy in our past.”
4/16/25 - “mature minds can combine unblinking assessments of history’s inevitable mistakes, cruelties, tragedies and sorrows with gratitude for those who persevered, and reverence for what they achieved: a wonderful nation.” Revolutionary War trilogy reminds us that “the birth of this nation, like that of a baby, was painful but worth it.”
4/10/25 - Yale professors to teach one-time ‘America 250 history course in the fall, but err in calling for the reinvention of the American Idea (“It is this generation of students who are going to have to invent some of these things anew about what the United States is and what its function in the world is”). Only people who hate America called for its ‘reinvention’. Our critique here.
4/3/25 - As we approach America’s 250th birthday on July 4, 2026, we must remember that vigilance is the price of liberty, and it requires us to keep our eye on the prize of a restored and victorious constitutional republic, and the defeat of a corrupt administrative state.
4/2/25 - Pavan Parikh, Hamilton County Clerk of Courts and Co-Chair of Hamilton County’s America 250-Ohio committee, wrote in his absurd editorial about America’s 250th that “the foundational values that have shaped America are liberty, justice, and the unyielding belief that diversity makes us stronger” and that “diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential components of a thriving society.” Whatever happened to E Pluribus Unum?
10/14/24 - Left-wing Atlantic runs through a long litany of reasons to hate America, then surprises with admission our country has a “pretty good origin story” - “a revolution on behalf of human equality.” Magazine challenges the Left to engage with and find meaning in the artifacts of America’s founding. “If they don’t, the meaning of 2026—and of American patriotism—will be decided for them.”