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250 years since the Declaration of Independence was signed

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The Big Number
On 4 July 1776, fifty-six delegates signed a document that made thirteen British colonies into something the world had never quite seen before. Two hundred and fifty years later the country they founded is home to 335 million people, anchors the largest economy on Earth, and is today holding the largest birthday party in its history. The Semiquincentennial is the official name. Most Americans just call it America's 250th.


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250 Years of America
1 Birth
2 Framework
3 Growth
4 Crisis
3 Momentum
5 Peak
4 Reckoning
5 Milestone

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.


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The word Semiquincentennial comes from Latin: semi (half), quinque (five) and centennial (hundred years). It means one half of five hundred, or 250. The last comparable milestone was the Centennial in 1876, held in Philadelphia with the first official World's Fair on American soil.


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Today in Philadelphia, a national time capsule is being buried at Independence Mall, to be opened on the Tricentennial in 2076. Alongside Sail250 in New York Harbor and the Freedom 250 Grand Prix around the National Mall in Washington DC, it is the largest coordinated public celebration in American history.


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https://america250.org/
America250: the official anniversary programme