New York – New York (AP) – President Donald Trump is making plans to mark the 250 anniversary of American independence with an “extraordinary celebration” and a new national monument.
Trump is expected to firm an executive order on Wednesday that establishes a working group to coordinate and plan the event, according to a White House document shared with Associated Press. The United States will celebrate its 250th anniversary, also known as the semi -snack, on July 4, 2026.
The order is also expected to revive Trump’s plans to build a ” National Garden of American Heroes “With commemorative statues of 250 historical figures and to commission artists for the first 100.
In a 2020 speech Celebrating Independence Day in Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, Trump first announced that his plans to create what he said would be “a new monument to the giants of our past.” Trump himself selected the list of who should be included: Davy Crockett, Billy Graham, Whitney Houston, Harriet Tubman and Antonin Scalia, among others.
No place was selected and the garden was never financed by Congress. President Joe Biden Abolió The working group that Trump formed to create the monument.
Trump’s announcement occurred at a time of conservative reaction to efforts to eliminate statues dedicated to confederate leaders and slave owners following the murder of George Floyd and subsequent protests.
Wednesday’s action is also expected to restore An executive order that Trump signed in 2020 This aimed to protect monuments, memorials and statues from destruction and vandalism. Trump had signed the order after the Police frustrated an attempt by the protesters to knock down a statue of President Andrew Jackson in a park in front of the White House.
That previous order had asked the Attorney General to process the maximum extension of the law, any person or group responsible for destroying or vandalizing a monument, monument or statue. He requested the maximum prosecution of any person who prompted violence and illegal activity, and threatened the application agencies of state and local law with a loss if federal dollars could not protect the monuments.
“The National Garden will honor American heroism after dozens of monuments to Americans, including presidents and founding parents, have demolished or destroyed and never restored,” according to a White House document on the order shared with the AP.
Fox News first reported the plans of the expected firm.
During his 2024 campaign, Trump had talked about the creation of a “Salute to America 250” celebration of a year. He said that on his first day he returned in office, he would convene a working group that would be responsible for coordinating with state and local governments to plan festivities, starting this day of the fallen.
He said he wanted the plan to include a “great American state fair” of a year in Iowa, with pavilions that “would show the glory of all the states of the Union, promote pride in our history and present innovative visions for the future of states Joined. ”
Trump also wanted to launch the “patriotic games”, sports competitions with high school athletes from all over the country that, according to him, would allow young Americans of all states to show the best of American ability, sportsmanship and competitive spirit. “
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