250 Years Of Freedom: A Republic To Honor And Celebrate

In 2026, this Republic, our AMERICA turns 250 years old. 250 years of FREEDOM earned by the blood, toil, sweat, tears, and courage of Americans. As I look back, I can’t help but be inspired all over again about our Founding, and the colonists who set us on the path to freedom and limited government.

Today, put aside all the political noise and look around you. What and who do you see? I see soldiers serving at the tip of the spear and striving to keep this Republic safe. I see our law enforcement and fire fighters working in their communities to keep the peace and keep us safe from harm. I see doctors, nurses, teachers, plumbers, electricians, parents, and children. 

The original colonists wanted better lives, and so they took a huge leap of faith. They traveled by tiny ships across the ocean for months, only to arrive on shore facing a wilderness of unknowns. My ancestors did that in 1629. Landing on Massachusetts shore with nothing but a determination to build their lives as they saw fit. 

100 years later, they and many colonists knew that being governed from afar was untenable. They all wanted freedom from King George’s ego-driven overreach. 

Which led us to The Declaration of Independence.

“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, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”

The people, WE THE PEOPLE, spoke and made it clear that our FREEDOMS were paramount and necessary.

On the eve of Independence Day, watch @Hillsdale College President @DrLarryArnn explain the true meaning of the Declaration of Independence in our “Story of America” video. pic.twitter.com/9PnAh6ViZH

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 4, 2025

John Adams knew, as did all the other Founders, what the colonies would face in the next few years. 

The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America.—I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with4 Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.5

You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not.—I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States.—Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing6 Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will tryumph in that Days Transaction, even7 altho We should rue8 it, which I trust in God We shall not.9

Against all odds and through sheer courage and determination, the American Revolution was won. We became a Republic, governed by arguably one of the most important documents the world has seen – The Constitution of the United States. 

WE THE PEOPLE, For 250 years, we Americans have been granted the gift of freedom. Freedom of speech, freedom to express our support and grievances, freedom to say NO to government overreach, and freedom to choose how and who we worship without government interference. 

Is this a perfect union? No. Because we Americans sure as hell aren’t perfect. But the gift of this Republic is one that should be honored and celebrated. Our Declaration and Constitution are both the greatest protest and greatest documents of freedom this world has seen. 

Yet there have been times when we’ve forgotten the importance of this gift, as we saw with the awful Civil War that nearly rent this nation in two. The battle of Gettysburg took place on July 1-3, 1863. It truly was a battle for freedom and the soul of this nation. 

As we’ve seen since, Americans have stepped up many more times to preserve and protect this Republic. We expended our blood on foreign soil in WWI and WWII.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

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And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.

My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

The freedom of man. That’s what this Republic stands for. President Reagan spoke of the fact that this Republic is knit together by freedom and of the bravery of brotherhood. He spoke of the partisan politics that put a wedge between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, and that years later they were able to repair that friendship and remember what was most important: man’s right to self government.  

Presidents Adams and Jefferson with their friendship repaired, passed away within hours of each other on July 4, 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.  

Our Founding Fathers knew well that our freedom and this Republic came with a price. 

“Freedom demands much of us. But what it gives is return… is everything.”

As we embark on celebrating 250 years of this Republic, it is time to re-educate ourselves about our Founding. About the men and women who brought this Republic into being. The White House is putting together videos, documents, and timelines in a dynamic rendering of our founding history. 

Let us look around and remind ourselves that we have much to celebrate. We The People are the honored and privileged caretakers of this great Republic. 

LET FREEDOM RING! 

Feature Photo Credit: Statue of Liberty, Constitution via iStock, cropped and modified

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