I hope that you and your family have a very safe and joyous celebration of America 250 this weekend!
It has already been a tremendous year of pride in our nation and its history. This celebration marks the journey of our nation from the “embattled farmers” at Lexington and Concord to the superpower that we are today. It celebrates our evolution as a nation and as a people: all that we have endured and all that we have overcome. And it reminds us that there is still much work yet to be done to create that “more perfect union” to which the Founders aspired.
We are also mindful of those who guard the freedoms we all cherish – those who are serving far from home in defense of liberty, and their families here at home who are celebrating without them this weekend. And no commemoration of America 250 is complete without remembering those who gave their lives to make America what it is today.
Visit il250.org to find out about the many great America 250 events taking place all over Illinois this weekend and for the remainder of this year.