{"id":5722,"date":"2026-06-25T16:08:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.pbs.org\/a-capitol-fourth\/?page_id=5722"},"modified":"2026-06-27T15:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T15:55:59","slug":"celebrating-250","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/a-capitol-fourth\/about\/celebrating-250\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 250"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/staging.pbs.org\/a-capitol-fourth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/top-full-background-2.jpg');\" class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-background-size-large has-background-center-position has-aspect-ratio\" >\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"442\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.pbs.org\/a-capitol-fourth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/capitol-fourth.png\" alt=\"A Capitol Fourth\" class=\"wp-image-5742\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-background-size-large has-background-center-position has-aspect-ratio\" >\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.pbs.org\/a-capitol-fourth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/celebrating-250.png\" alt=\"Celebrating 250\" class=\"wp-image-5744\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#e1e7ec;\" class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image has-light-gray-background-color\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image\" style=\"background-color:#182636;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-60 has-pdb-60 has-pdl-30 has-pdr-30\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-gold-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-548d8f4f977a3e85e16019af8fc900eb\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><strong>Two hundred and fifty years of American spirit<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-829e387aefe751bcd47490cb42479b1d wp-block-paragraph\">America is a promise passed from one generation to the next, built by people who believed in something bigger than themselves.<br><br>On our 250th birthday, we celebrate that idea. The music that moved us. The moments that defined us. The Americans who inspired us. And the spirit that has carried this country forward for two and a half centuries.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#95272f;\" class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image has-red-background-color\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col min-fix no-image has-aspect-ratio has-red-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#95272f;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-15 has-pdb-15 has-pdl-15 has-pdr-15\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-16c916f68d2d77cb707caf2ddcadd785\">THE MUSIC OF AMERICA<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f9e6f6b53b8930f052af04a6f1e0af5a wp-block-paragraph\">From the first patriotic hymns of the revolution to the country roads and city stages to the jazz clubs and stadium floors, America has always found its voice in music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8b32c734cff156f82f1c5c12cd6186f7 wp-block-paragraph\">For 250 years, the American soundtrack has grown richer and louder with every generation.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-white-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-media-card has-video\" >\n        \n                    <div class=\"responsive_embed\">\n                <div class=\"responsive_embed_inner\">\n                                        <iframe id=\"video_3725\"\n                    width=\"100%\"\n                    allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen\n                            frameborder=\"0\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/player.pbs.org\/partnerplayer\/XABbOJozL9ASkRs7AcuYhw==\/?start=0&amp;end=0&amp;topbar=false&amp;autoplay=false&amp;endscreen=true\">\n                    <\/iframe>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                \n        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-red-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#95272f;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-media-card has-video\" >\n        \n                    <div class=\"responsive_embed\">\n                <div class=\"responsive_embed_inner\">\n                                        <iframe id=\"video_4985\"\n                    width=\"100%\"\n                    allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen\n                            frameborder=\"0\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/player.pbs.org\/partnerplayer\/M-ZWhiniV9QJTT1yjKot4g==\/?start=0&amp;end=0&amp;topbar=false&amp;autoplay=false&amp;muted=false&amp;endscreen=true\">\n                    <\/iframe>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                \n        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col min-fix no-image has-dark-gold-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#91816d;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-15 has-pdb-15 has-pdl-15 has-pdr-15\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">AMERICAN HEROES<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-915a00c517be3032e06002ed8007a24a wp-block-paragraph\">Every generation has produced heroes. The soldiers who crossed the Delaware. The women who built planes and ships that won a war. The first responders who ran towards burning buildings. The essential workers who showed up every single day. On America&#8217;s 250th birthday, we honor all of them. <\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col min-fix no-image has-blue-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#1c2838;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-15 has-pdb-15 has-pdl-15 has-pdr-15\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">ONE GIANT LEAP<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5a76dee78e9ef1e52cb345fa730065e2 wp-block-paragraph\">More than five decades after a nation gathered around television sets as the Apollo 11 crew set foot on the moon, NASA&#8217;s Artemis program is writing the next chapter, returning humans to the moon and reaching beyond. Americans continue to reach further than ever thought possible.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-blue-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#1c2838;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-media-card has-video\" >\n        \n                    <div class=\"responsive_embed\">\n                <div class=\"responsive_embed_inner\">\n                                        <iframe id=\"video_5853\"\n                    width=\"100%\"\n                    allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen\n                            frameborder=\"0\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/player.pbs.org\/partnerplayer\/CZjEzWzvdvMLXw20owuMEw==\/?start=0&amp;end=0&amp;topbar=false&amp;autoplay=false&amp;muted=false&amp;endscreen=true\">\n                    <\/iframe>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                \n        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-white-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-media-card has-video\" >\n        \n                    <div class=\"responsive_embed\">\n                <div class=\"responsive_embed_inner\">\n                                        <iframe id=\"video_5196\"\n                    width=\"100%\"\n                    allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen\n                            frameborder=\"0\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/player.pbs.org\/partnerplayer\/glu61D5ZU8zFbyFbo4tDvw==\/?start=0&amp;end=0&amp;topbar=false&amp;autoplay=false&amp;muted=false&amp;endscreen=true\">\n                    <\/iframe>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                \n        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col min-fix no-image has-red-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#95272f;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-15 has-pdb-15 has-pdl-15 has-pdr-15\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4bf7933d7be6a37dfd642160755de2ae\">THE ATHLETES WHO INSPIRED US<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ebae6293fcc867014e4ae24253a195bb wp-block-paragraph\">Generation after generation, American athletes have stepped onto the world&#8217;s stage and shown us something bigger than competition. They have shown us who we are.<br><br>Today and every day we honor every athlete who carried the flag, wore the uniform, and proudly represented our great nation.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col min-fix no-image has-dark-gold-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#91816d;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-15 has-pdb-15 has-pdl-15 has-pdr-15\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><span class=\"tadv-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">YOUR AMERICAN MOMENT<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-62bb750598b99be2a688924be15eb6a7 wp-block-paragraph\">What Does America Mean to You?<br><br>We asked that question to veterans and Olympians, to artists and astronauts, to workers and Rosies and everyday Americans.<br><br>We asked it because at 250, America&#8217;s story is too big for any one voice to tell. It takes all of us.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-red-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#95272f;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-media-card has-video\" >\n        \n                    <div class=\"responsive_embed\">\n                <div class=\"responsive_embed_inner\">\n                                        <iframe id=\"video_5206\"\n                    width=\"100%\"\n                    allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen\n                            frameborder=\"0\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/player.pbs.org\/partnerplayer\/Jp5-PtCFFUoNd6dOM_otgw==\/?start=0&amp;end=0&amp;topbar=false&amp;autoplay=false&amp;muted=false&amp;endscreen=true\">\n                    <\/iframe>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                \n        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/staging.pbs.org\/a-capitol-fourth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/full-background-bottom.jpg');\" class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image\" >\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-60 has-pdb-60 has-pdl-60 has-pdr-60\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"198\" height=\"123\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.pbs.org\/a-capitol-fourth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/the-next-250.png\" alt=\"The next 250\" class=\"wp-image-5752\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image\" >\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-60 has-pdb-90 has-pdl-60 has-pdr-60\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f95ec51c4748c92c8c5b3beeb6ae6882 wp-block-paragraph\">Two hundred and fifty years is extraordinary. But it is not the end of the story. The next 250 years will be written by the scientists working in labs we haven&#8217;t built yet, on problems we haven&#8217;t named yet. By the artists who haven&#8217;t picked up their instruments yet. By the athletes who haven&#8217;t laced up their shoes. 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