Get ready for the semiquincentennial: Americans celebrate a 250th anniversary

By: Ashley Murray

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: June 24, 2026

Words: 1,622

Last Updated: 9 hours, 40 minutes ago

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WASHINGTON — Parties, protests, displays of historic documents, odes to the Founding Fathers — and a massive political rally by the president — will mark a deeply polarized nation’s 250th anniversary on this Fourth of July.

Pomp and circumstance will abound for the semiquincentennial as the similarly named America250 and Freedom 250 offer different slates of programming on Independence Day and beyond.

A countdown and ball drop will ring in the holiday in the eight time …

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