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America's 250th birthday celebration increasingly centers on Trump [View all]
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America’s 250th birthday celebration increasingly centers on Trump
From a $250 bill to special passports to a presidential rally, many Independence Day commemorations will revolve around the president.
June 3, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Today at 6:00 a.m. EDT
President Donald Trump hugs the American flag while walking onstage in 2024 in National Harbor, Maryland. (Tom Brenner/For the Washington Post )
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
President Donald Trump has spent much of his second term putting his personal stamp — and in many cases his image — on American institutions. Now his eponymous impulses have expanded to the celebration of America’s 250th anniversary.
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From a $250 bill to special passports to a presidential rally, many Independence Day commemorations will revolve around the president.
June 3, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Today at 6:00 a.m. EDT
President Donald Trump hugs the American flag while walking onstage in 2024 in National Harbor, Maryland. (Tom Brenner/For the Washington Post )
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
President Donald Trump has spent much of his second term putting his personal stamp — and in many cases his image — on American institutions. Now his eponymous impulses have expanded to the celebration of America’s 250th anniversary.
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