The Federal Government Has Made America 250 a Spectacle. These States Want It to Be a Moment for Reflection. 10.1%
Mother Jones - By Jeffrey Kelly - 7/3/2026, 1:00 PM
Biased Writer Voice 18.1% - Negativity Bias 17.8% - Optimism Bias 16%
On New Year’s Eve, fireworks bloomed behind the Washington Monument. Along the side of the 550-foot structure, a birthday candle was projected, flickering as “The Star-Spangled Banner” played. This spectacle kicked off Freedom 250’s countdown to the semiquincentennial and was followed by animated neoclassic-style graphics overlaid with... more