Bookmark Design Challenge Winners Revealed for America’s 250th Anniversary

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Second Lady Usha Vance, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), announced on Friday, May 29, the winners of the Bookmark Design Challenge: Celebrating America’s 250th, a nationwide opportunity for students in grades K–8 to create original artwork reflecting what America means to them. Selected from submissions across the United States, […]

Marysville announces America 250 celebrations 

MARYSVILLE — The Marysville City Council recently adopted a proclamation recognizing America’s 250th anniversary, also known as America 250 or the nation’s semiquincentennial. The city plans to commemorate the historic milestone through a wide range of community events and celebrations.  In addition to special enhancements such as patriotic flower baskets throughout the city and American flag banners along State Avenue, the city will host the following […]

Capitol celebration marks Declaration of Independence, America’s 250th birthday

OLYMPIA [ANNIKA HAUER] — Legislators, students, historical society members, reenactors of Founding Fathers, and more gathered March 2 in the Capitol to read the Declaration of Independence, interpret it for today, and celebrate the 250th year since it was signed. “We can be inspired by the enduring ideals of liberty and equality articulated in the […]