The 12 months 2026 would be the United State’s 250th anniversary, and the U.S. Semiquincentennial Fee invitations folks to contribute their hopes for the nation’s future in video, audio or in writing.

You’ll be able to learn extra concerning the deliberate actions at The NY Occasions article, Will America Be Prepared for Its 250th Birthday?

That article introduced again reminiscences of the 2 hundredth anniversary for me. I used to be energetic within the Folks’s Bicentennial Fee (the article talks briefly about that group). And on July 4th of that 12 months, I participated in a really giant nonviolent demonstration surrounded by police sharpshooters stationed by Mayor and former police chief Frank Rizzo on condominium roofs surrounding the positioning.

The perfect a part of the day was with the ability to watch the wonderful Philadelphia fireworks show whereas taking a bus again to New York Metropolis, after which with the ability to watch the final a part of the wonderful New York Metropolis fireworks present that was nonetheless happening after we arrived again there!