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As we look ahead to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence later this year, communities and commissions across the United States, including Orange County, have been preparing to celebrate and commemorate. They have been asking how we should...
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January is often viewed as a month of beginnings, of newness, of resolving to make something better. January 11, 1775, was such a date in the history of the thirteen British colonies which became the United State of America when Francis Salvador took his seat...
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America 250 entered a spectacular float in the 2026 Rose Parade. In case you missed it, here are a couple of pictures, taken by our friend Pat Buttress and liaison between USA250-OC and USA250-OC Honorary Chair Superintendent Don Wagner. ...
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America Gives is a project of America 250, the official nonpartisan initiative established by Congress to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States. The goal of America Gives is to make 2026 the biggest year of service in American history. Businesses,...
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More than sixty years after the first battle of the American Revolution, Ralph Waldo Emerson commemorated the clash between colonial patriots and British redcoats at the North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts, on April 19, 1775, in his immortal poem Concord...
