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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
