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On New Year\u2019s Eve,<\/span> fireworks bloomed behind the Washington Monument. Along the side of the 550-foot structure, a birthday candle was projected, flickering as \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d played. This spectacle kicked off Freedom 250\u2019s countdown to the semiquincentennial and was followed by animated neoclassic-style graphics overlaid with audio narrating the nation\u2019s \u201cdiscovery, expansion, independence, and future.\u201d As the narrative unraveled and onlookers watched Christopher Columbus sail across the sea and settlers in wagons push westward, there was no mention of women or people of color.<\/p>

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This display, along with the announcement of a UFC fight on the White House lawn, an IndyCar grand prix near the National Mall, and the Great American State Fair, made it clear that this year\u2019s semiquincentennial is more about creating spectacle in service of President Donald Trump\u2019s idea of America than it is about honoring American history. With each event, the complexities that have brought America to where it is today are erased or sidelined in favor of blind patriotism\u2014a celebration of an uncritical American story centering predominantly white men.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But state commissions are also celebrating the anniversary. And some of them are doing a far better job honoring the country\u2019s complexity. These groups, formed by state governor appointments, legislation, and executive orders, are also political and flawed. But they are focusing on their communities, choosing to use the semiquincentennial as a moment to embrace diversity and make history more accessible. This anniversary is more than a celebration; it\u2019s a chance to reexamine America\u2019s story and take stock of those the federal government would rather censor from the larger narrative.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As these separate state commissions facilitated conversations with local communities, they found that more than any spectacle, people wanted to see themselves and their ancestors in the celebrations of 250 years of the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Rhode Island, one of the original 13 colonies, locals know their history and take pride in it. Lauren Fogarty, the commission\u2019s program coordinator, said there\u2019s been an opportunity to hear from more families about their personal connections to the Revolution, including from descendants of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment, the first Black battalion in US military history. Although the history of the regiment has often been overshadowed, the anniversary and one of the commission\u2019s grant recipients, the Rhode Island Historical Society, provided an opportunity for author John Rees to discuss the experiences of those soldiers during and after the war at an April event at the John Brown House Museum.<\/p>\n

North Carolina\u2019s commission has drawn attention to the Edenton Tea Party, where a group of 51 women gathered to pledge that they wouldn\u2019t buy British goods, one of the earliest instances of women\u2019s political activism. This history is presented in one of the children\u2019s booksthe commission created in celebration of the semiquincentennial. The commission has sold roughly 3,700 of the three children\u2019s books. It recently secured funding for another children\u2019s book, this one focused on Martin Black, one of the 14 Harlowe Patriots, a group of free Black men who fought in the Revolution.<\/p>\n

In Illinois, the state commission created a free passport, similar to the National Parks Passport, that includes nearly 60 sites across the state, illuminating how \u201cpeople in Illinois have made good on the ideals of the Declaration of Independence,\u201d said Gabrielle Lyon, the Illinois commission chair. \u201cThe idea is to connect things that have happened locally here to the formation of our national story.\u201d They\u2019ve distributed 100,000 of them as of June. The passport includes the Elijah P. Lovejoy memorial for the journalist and abolitionist, who was killed by a mob for wanting a free press. It also includes Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, the remnants of the largest pre-Columbian Native American civilization north of Mexico.\u00a0<\/p>\n

State commissions have also bolstered the work of the expert agencies and organizations that already had programming planned around the semiquincentennial. \u201cNo one really needed a commission to say, \u2018Hey, here\u2019s what you do and how you do it,\u2019\u201d said Cameron Bean, Georgia\u2019s commission chair. He said people, organizations, and nonprofits needed to \u201chave a commission that said, \u2018Hey, how can we serve you?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

So rather than investing a large portion of its funds into hiring staff or a planning committee, Bean said the Georgia commission decided to focus on giving out grants, helping raise sponsorship money, and promoting events like the African Film Festival Atlanta, the , and a musical about pioneer women that uses traditional quilt patterns as a storytelling tool. Jason Mancini, vice chair of the Connecticut commission, said over the last three years, his commission has been able to award over $800,000 to over 80 organizations in the state.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Locals have responded positively to this grassroots approach. It doesn\u2019t pull people out of their counties or municipalities to celebrate somewhere else; it allows them to celebrate where they are. As Ansley Herring Wegner, director of North Carolina\u2019s state commission, put it, locals might \u201csee the Washington Monument lit up like a birthday candle on their TV, but we\u2019re going to be at their events. We\u2019re at their parades. We\u2019re at their soccer tournaments.\u201d These grants can also help revitalize third spaces, bring new audiences to organizations that have been working in the state for years, and reinforce the idea that every place has played a part in this country\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

Lyon, the Illinois chair, remarked that this year\u2019s celebration has taken a more inclusive approach, setting it apart from previous milestone anniversaries. She said that in 1776 and 1976, festivities left out many Americans, but in 2026, Illinois was committed to inviting as many voices as possible into the commemoration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Rhode Island, Fogarty said she spoke to all 39 municipalities to tell them about the semiquincentennial. The Utah state commission held monthly meetings at which community members could share national and local updates, giving them a chance to amplify each other\u2019s work, draw inspiration from one another, and collaborate with groups they hadn\u2019t worked with before.\u00a0<\/p>\n

These conversations resulted in events and programming across the states that spoke directly to local history and culture. In Connecticut, an exhibit of different artists\u2019 depictions of the American flag opened at the Fairfield University Art Museum. Philadelphia\u2019s Museum of the American Revolution loaned the Continental Army\u2019s North Carolina brigade sketch to the state. In Boulder, Utah, a local artist spent 250 hours carving handprints into a boulder to commemorate a yearlong commitment to volunteering.<\/p>\n

Bean, of Georgia, noted that this variety in programming is a good way to meet people where they are. The hope is that there is something in which everyone can find value and enjoyment.<\/p>

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Some programming also resulted from more complex conversations with communities about reckoning with American history. Mancini has had a long history of working with tribal communities and communities of color, both in Connecticut and outside the state. So when it came time to plan as a commission, he said the group had some hard conversations with Black and Native community members who expressed that they didn\u2019t feel they had been seen as a part of America\u2019s story thus far.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He recalled one commissioner who represented a Black community organization that had been vocal about the hundreds of Black men who served in the Colonial militia but hadn\u2019t been recognized. \u201cWe want to tell those stories,\u201d Mancini said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t want to make this about drums and guns. This has to be something more, so that people see themselves today and they can see themselves tomorrow, and they can see their children and grandchildren as part of this story.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cyndi Tolosa, the Connecticut commission\u2019s project manager, listed other initiatives members had hoped to do to make things more inclusive, such as translating more materials into Spanish and doing more outreach in Spanish-speaking communities. She also noted organizations like Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services, which was working to create dialogue about immigrants\u2019 and refugees\u2019 contributions to Connecticut and the US.<\/p>\n

Although there have been positive responses to this approach, some, like tribal communities in Connecticut, still express apprehension. The founding documents the semiquincentennial celebrates refer to \u201cmerciless Indian savages,\u201d and the political and legal framings for much of America\u2019s history have leaned on erasure and extermination. Mancini noted that while some tribes wanted to be vocal, others wanted to keep the commission at arm\u2019s length, a sentiment he understood. Lyon dealt with similar conversations in Illinois with many marginalized communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think complexity is where we need to be and get comfortable,\u201d Lyon said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what\u2019s most interesting and important about this moment. So some people want to be involved, some people choose not to. The commission\u2019s approach has tried to be inclusive and specific and historically accurate to the best of our ability, but also to connect what\u2019s happening now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

A year ago, after participating in a panel about Indigenous perspectives on the 250th for a Virginia state commission event, Kitcki Carroll, executive director of United South and Eastern Tribes, met Virginia\u2019s honorary chair, Carly Fiorina. As the event wrapped up, the two continued a conversation about Indigenous perspectives and the anniversary that would later evolve into an event in April that will be released as a documentary this week.<\/p>\n

It included a panel surrounding tribal nations\u2019 inherent sovereignty and the United States\u2019 treaty obligations to them, a conversation about creating greater visibility for Native Americans, and a fireside chat with Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Carroll noted that the day was meant to be an opportunity to pause and understand the costs associated with the establishment of this nation.<\/p>\n

Having more discussions about the ugly side of America\u2019s history serves to \u201cmake sure that for the next 250 years that we are not dealing with the same shortcomings and failures that we dealt with during the first 250 years,\u201d Carroll said.<\/p>\n

Despite all the work state commissions are doing, it hasn\u2019t been a seamless process. Some commissions have had to navigate funding shortfalls. DOGE cut the funding of the humanities organization unofficially coordinating the celebration in Illinois. Since North Carolina hadn\u2019t passed a budget since 2023, when it ran out after two years, its state commission had a \u201cbase budget\u201d of $0. Both commissions have been fundraising and using their own funds and networks of resources to move forward with events.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom my view, the opportunity is not just about celebrating the 250; to me, the drive, what keeps me going, what I\u2019m inspired by is the idea that the legacy of this moment is the strengthened cultural infrastructure that is at the heart of the American experiment,\u201d Illinois\u2019 Lyon said.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many of the state commissions see this commemoration as a moment to honor the value of community. It\u2019s a reminder of all this country has been through, a time to celebrate our differences, and an opportunity to rely on one another. North Carolina\u2019s Wegner said that as a public historian, the semiquincentennial is about giving history to the public in ways they can understand. This happens through the networks they\u2019ve created, the evergreen educational resources that people can reference, and the highlighting of libraries, museums, and nonprofits whose work doesn\u2019t stop after the semiquincentennial.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As the Fourth of July fast approaches, the state commissions\u2019 efforts to give texture and complexity to American history are a reminder that America\u2019s story belongs to all of us and doesn\u2019t start or end with the founding\u2014or a fireworks show. While thinking about our history, we can consider what, and maybe who, we hope will be displayed on the Washington Monument in the next 250 years.\u00a0<\/p>

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