Visitors view exhibits in the Lincoln Memorial undercroft in Washington, D.C.

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A Better Celebration of America at 250

by Dale Berning Sawa July 29, 2026July 29, 2026

The new Lincoln Memorial Undercroft museum enshrines America’s highest ideals, however unrealized.

july 4 America 250: The history of semicentennial American presidential oratory is limited but Donald Trump’s upcoming semiquincentennial remarks are destined to mark a low point in the canon. The U.S. Capitol is seen through a mockup of President Donald Trump's proposed Triumphal Arch at the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, Tuesday, June 30, 2026, in Washington.

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What Trump Has to Say on America’s 250th Birthday Won’t Top Coolidge and Ford

by Bill Scher July 3, 2026July 4, 2026

Where is the American Women’s History Museum? A long-delayed plan to build the American Women’s History Museum remains stuck in Congress. Here, Martha Washington in 1796.

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Let’s Get the American Women’s History Museum Back on Track

by Lindsay M. Chervinsky March 18, 2026March 17, 2026

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A Better Celebration of America at 250

What Trump Has to Say on America’s 250th Birthday Won’t Top Coolidge and Ford

Let’s Get the American Women’s History Museum Back on Track

The Feminist Was a Spy

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