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Love These Street Markers!
The City of Villa Park has creatively added patriotic USA250 Villa Park markers to some of its street signs. Boasting two American flags and the city’s 250th logo, they look great as people pass by and remember that our country’s 250th birthday is just around the...
The Ideal v. the Real
USA250-OC has taken as its basic philosophy a simple but profound observation – that America is the perfect idea: the United States of America is a work in progress. It pits the ideal against the real; principles against human action; the perfect against...
Join America’s Block Party and National Live Stream – July 4
July 4, 2026, is slated to be the largest coordinated national celebration in American history – and you can be a part of it! Organized by America 250, America’s Block Party begins with a “ball drop” in Times Square, New York City, on July 3 – then moves to...
The Man Who Knew Too Much
In July 1815, former President John Adams wrote a letter to his successor, Thomas Jefferson. They had been close allies in the rebellion against Great Britain decades earlier and members of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence....
Calling All Kids! Unite Under the Flag
In 2001, 50,000 young people from all around America responded to the tragedy of 9/11 by creating a massive flag mural formed from thousands of tiles. Now, our country needs their voices again. This time, by designing a flag reflecting their vision for our future....
Paul Revere’s Mileage
Embedded in our collective memories are certain scenes of our country’s past. Benjamin Franklin capturing electricity with a kite and a key. Patriots disguised as Native Americans tossing tea overboard at the Boston Tea Party. George Washington crossing the...
America 250 Announces National Time Capsule
On February 26, America 250, the national organization charged by Congress with leading the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, unveiled the design and initial contents of “America’s Time Capsule.” It will be...
A Buried Museum: The Time Capsule of 1795
Time capsules haven’t been around that long, the earliest known found in Poland, dating to about 1721. Today it is estimated that there are between 10,000 and 15,000 time capsules around the world, each facing two existential issues: preserving their...
“Design a Bookmark Challenge” for Kids
Designing a new bookmark may send your favorite youngster to Washington, D. C. during the America 250 celebration. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Office of the Second Lady of the United States are sponsoring a bookmark designing contest for kids...
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