So wrote a high school student from Illinois, one of the winners of the 2025 America’s Field Trip contest. Sponsored by the U.S. Semiquincentennial, or the America 250 Commission, the contest invited ...

America may be a year out from our 250 th birthday, but with the arrival of July 4, 2025 it can fairly be said that we are in our 250 th year. Let’s start the celebration, and let’s make the coming ...

As we approach the 250th anniversary of the American founding, we must confront the hard truth that democracies are not self-executing. They require constant tending by informed, engaged citizens who ...

Every year, as teachers return to school, they assume the responsibility of educating America's future leaders, voters, jurors, and neighbors. This year, the responsibility feels heightened as we ...

In 1957, the United States had its "Sputnik moment." As the Soviet Sputnik satellite orbited the Earth, Americans became fearful that we were falling behind technologically. The response was a massive ...

It’s election season. Too bad a study this year from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce found that more than 70% of respondents failed a basic U.S. civic literacy quiz, with over 30% not knowing that there ...

The Education Department is tapping dozens of groups to help with its “civics” initiatives ahead of next year’s celebrations of the nation’s founding in 1776. Donald Trump and his administration are ...

On April 19, 1775 — 250 years ago today — the British Royal Army clashed with colonial militia in Massachusetts. Lexington and Concord marked the first battle of the War for Independence, villages ...

As we mark Independence Day in 2025, we are just a year out from the nation’s 250th birthday — a quarter millennium since the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United ...