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The Presidents’ Prayers
It was June 6, 1944. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, stood on a beach on the Normandy coast of France. Hours earlier the largest armada ever assembled had launched the greatest amphibious invasion in...
Common Bonds of History and Lessons Learned
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip – Balcony of the Old State House, Boston, 1776 On July 18, 1776, exactly two weeks after the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, Colonel Thomas Crafts stepped out onto the second-floor...
“Ben and George Wow the Crowd” at Nixon Presidential Library
Before an audience of more than 250 Orange Countians of all ages at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Dr. Benjamin Franklin and General George Washington engaged in a riveting, lively, and sometimes humorous conversation about their individual...
The Octogenarian Who Charged Into History
Writing to newspaperman and publisher Hezekiah Niles in February 1818, former President John Adams asked and responded to his own question. “What do we mean by the American Revolution?” he asked. “Do we mean the American War? The Revolution was effected...
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....
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