America’s 250th is an invitation to help kids understand exactly what this country is all about
If looking to honor the past is all we do on July 4, 2026, we will miss out on a big opportunity to think about America in a way stands to make it a better country and a more perfect union.
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Opinion America’s 250th is an invitation to help kids understand exactly what this country is all about By Lindsey Cormack Published June 28, 2026, 10:00 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google As America approaches its 250th birthday, we’re about to hear a lot about the founders. Schools and sites of civic care will revisit the names and lives of George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and more. There will be lessons about the extraordinary risks of the founders as they mutually pledged to each other, “our Lives, our Fortunes and our Sacred Honor” at the end of the Declaration.
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