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image located by Esteban Rivera, 25 August 2025
See also:
"America250.org, Inc." (“A250”) comprises the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission (also called Bisesquicentennial, the Sestercentennial or Quarter Millennium), established by Congress in 2016 via PUBLIC LAW 114–196—JULY 22, 2016 (https://www.govinfo.gov), and the White House Task Force on Celebrating America's 250th Birthday, namely “Task Force 250”, established via Executive Order (EO) 14189 of January 29, 2025 (https://www.federalregister.gov)
Source:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025, which is a nonprofit
supporting organization to the Commission. It is a nonpartisan initiative
working to engage in commemorating the 250th anniversary of the country.
Festivities will mark various events leading up to the Declaration's anniversary
on Independence Day, July 4, 2026.
Sources:
https://america250.org
https://america250.org/about-america250
https://www.achp.gov/Initiatives/250th_Birthday
https://www.whitehouse.gov/america250
https://www.linkedin.com/company/america250
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Semiquincentennial_Commission
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Semiquincentennial
The
flag is a blue horizontal flag with the logo in the middle and it is an
all-caps, black serif font that says “America,” above a “250”, depicted as a
red, white, and blue striped ribbon. The design’s ribbons are intended to evoke
a sense of commemoration, celebration, and purpose while the flowing red, white,
and blue ribbons form the number 250 as a single continuous path, representing
unity, cooperation, and harmony.
The logo was devised by
Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv and was launched on
December 4,
2023.
Sources:
https://www.cghnyc.com/work/project/america250
https://america250.org/news/etter-from-the-chair-on-new-logo-launch
and
https://www.marketingbrew.com
Esteban Rivera, 25 August 2025
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image located by Esteban Rivera, 25 August 2025
image located by William Garrison, 5 April 2026
Source: various flag-ads such as:
https://www.amazon.com/American-Anniversary
A U.S. 250th America
anniversary flag with a Betsy Ross circular 13-star design. [I saw this flag
being paraded in a VA picture on Facebook too.]
William Garrison, 5
April 2026
image located by Dave Fowler, 17 May 2026
Another variant displayed at the Pentagon, so it may have some official
status. (Taken from the Department of Defense Facebook page).
Dave Fowler,
17 May 2026
image located by Esteban Rivera, 25 August 2025
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/LosAltosChapterDAR
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image located by Esteban Rivera, 25 August 2025
Source:
https://shop.dar.org/america-250
image located by William Garrison, 20 August 2026
American Fashion Designers Reinterpret State Flags for New York Exhibition
Christopher Eby
AUGUST 16, 2026 - In commemoration of the 250th
anniversary of the United States, a major public installation organized by
Vogue magazine and the Council of Fashion Designers of America is set to
replace the traditional flag display at Rockefeller Center in New York City,
according to the magazine.
Operating in collaboration with the non-partisan
semi-governmental organization America250 and real estate firm Tishman Speyer,
the United Flags of Fashion initiative commissioned dozens of prominent
American fashion brands and designers to create original visual
reinterpretations of the municipal, state, and territorial flags of the United
States.
A total of more than 120 custom-designed banners representing the 50
US states, five inhabited territories, Washington, D.C., and select organizing
institutions will fly around the iconic lower plaza rink in Midtown Manhattan
from July 27 through September 4, 2026, following their initial publication in
Vogue's Summer Issue.
The project encouraged participating creators to use
vexillology as a canvas for exploring regional history, material culture, and
abstract symbolism.
Following the conclusion of the public exhibition in
Manhattan, all original physical flags will be transferred to the permanent
collection of the SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia, for preservation and
future public display.
Image: Vogue
William Garrison, 20 August
2026
