Former President Donald Trump is proposing the “most spectacular birthday party” to celebrate 250 years of American independence if he retakes the Oval Office.
In a video released on May 31, he outlines his plans for a year-long celebration to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America, on July 4th, 2026—a day he hopes will be in the second year of his second term.
Trump envisions Salute to America 250 as a combination of a commemoration, festivities, an expression of gratitude, and a tourist and visitors’ project.
“Three years from now, the United States will celebrate the biggest and most important milestone in our country’s history,” said Trump as he began the video which was 3 minutes and 18 seconds long. “What a great country. And we have to keep it that way.
“That’s why, as a nation, we should be preparing for a most spectacular birthday party... Here is my plan.”
The World Is Invited
On the first day of his second term, Trump said he will bring together the Salute America 250 task force to coordinate state and local governments to plan, build, and direct an entire year of festivities that will begin on Memorial Day 2025 and continue through July 4, 2026.A centerpiece will be the Great American State Fair, with pavilions to “showcase the glory” of every state in the Union.
Trump said that he will work with the governors from all 50 states to bring about the fair.
He said he intends for his administration to work with the people of Iowa to open the Iowa State Fairgrounds to host the fair. The 435-acre special event and camping venue is the site, for 11 days every August, of the internationally renowned Iowa State Fair. Along with exhibits of pride in history and innovative visions for the future will be youth sporting competitions as the welcome mat is rolled out to “millions of visitors” from around the world.
“Together we will build it and they will come,” says Trump, borrowing the famous line from the “Field of Dreams” baseball movie.
Trump also called for restarting the process to create the National Garden of American Heroes, a statuary park that honors great Americans, which he announced as president at Mount Rushmore on July 4, 2020. In his final days in the White House he signed an executive order to form a task force to create the monument.
Trump said he “will invite the leaders and citizens of nations around the world to visit the United States in honor of our 250th anniversary.“
In closing, Trump said that as president, he will ask “America’s great religious communities to pray for our nation and our people.”
