While millions of Americans are right now focused on this weekend’s Labor Day holiday, another group of people is focused quite intently on an historic celebration farther out — but coming up fast nonetheless.
The 250th anniversary of America’s founding will take place on July 4, 2026, a little less than three years from now.
The America250 commission is already hard at work planning numerous events for the historic semiquincentennial celebration in consultation and in partnership with a variety of groups and stakeholders across the country.
Congress created The U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission in 2016 to plan and orchestrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. Rosie Rios, a former Treasurer of the U.S., was named its chair in early 2018.
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“I have a fire in me for patriotism and that’s what I want my kids to have for 2026,” Rios told Fox News Digital in an…