Rosie Rios, the chair of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, doesn’t yet know what she’ll be doing on July 4. “But here’s the beauty of it,” she said. “I have options.” Indeed, 50 years after the Bicentennial celebration in 1976, America is throwing itself a yearlong birthday party, with festivities planned from sea to shining sea. There are tentpole events affiliated with the Semiquincentennial Commission, an organization known as America250 that was established by Congress to orchestrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.
New York Times article featuring “Occupied! Newport and the Fight for Independence” exhibit in the Richard I. Burnham Resource Center, a part of the Newport Historical Society.
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