National Initiatives to Engage Our Partners
National Initiatives to engage our partners
National initiatives across the country provide meaningful opportunities for organizations, institutions, and community leaders to inform, engage, and mobilize the communities they serve.
Museums, educators, cultural institutions, nonprofits, and civic groups are launching programs that educate, inspire, and encourage participation in the national commemoration. These efforts closely align with the mission of the New Mexico Semi-Quincentennial Commission and create opportunities for partners to collaborate, share resources, and expand their impact.
By aligning with these initiatives, partners can help broaden awareness, foster civic engagement, and ensure that New Mexico’s diverse stories and perspectives are represented as we approach this historic milestone together.
Get Involved
The 250th anniversary is not only about reflection, it is about action. Across the country, communities are creating opportunities for people to participate directly through service, arts, heritage, and civic engagement.
Our American Story
Our American Story is a storytelling project to collect and preserve our nation’s unique stories. We’re on a historic journey to collect the largest archive of American stories ever created.
American Field Trip
America’s Field Trip is a nationwide contest that invites students across the country in grades 3–12 to be part of our nation’s 250th anniversary by sharing their perspectives on what America means to them — with the chance to earn an unforgettable field trip experience at some of the nation’s most iconic historic and cultural landmarks.
America Gives
America Gives is an initiative that challenges businesses, non-profits, schools, youth groups, faith-based networks, and organizations of all kinds to commit to increasing their level of volunteering and impact starting on January 1, 2026. Together, we will build on America’s legacy of giving back and inspire a renewed culture of service for years to come.
America Waves
An initiative designed to create moments for all Americans to come together with their communities, to wave their American flags, celebrate America’s 250th, and honor the contributions of those who brought us to where we are today.
Mobile Museum - Freedom Truck
The Freedom 250 Mobile Museum Tour is a nationwide initiative celebrating America’s 250th anniversary through an immersive traveling museum experience. Six Mobile Museums will travel the country all of 2026.
Stay Informed
National programs are working to make America’s founding history and ongoing story more accessible than ever. Through digital collections, exhibitions, educational toolkits, and public programming, these initiatives provide trusted resources that partners can use to support their own programming, outreach, and community engagement efforts.
Hawai‘i’s America250 Celebration
On July 4, 2026, the United States will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence — a milestone known as America250. Though separated by ocean, Hawai‘i stands united with the nation in marking this historic occasion. Throughout 2025 and 2026, communities across the islands will reflect on our shared past, celebrate our diverse heritage, and honor our veterans and ancestors through events grounded in local culture and the Spirit of Aloha.
America's Potluck - Utah
July 5, 2026
America’s Potluck is an opportunity for neighbors to join with one another to share a fun, communal meal, creating a sense of connection and belonging and fostering interactions among people from all walks of life.
My America
MY AMERICA is a nationwide, youth-driven art and civic engagement campaign that will honor our past, reflect on our present, and inspire our future. Through artistic expression, civic action, and public commemoration, MY AMERICA will empower young people across all 50 states to reflect on what unity, democracy, and being American means today by creating a large mosaic of an American flag made up of thousands of individual tiles with messages, drawings, poems.
National Mall Gateway
This digital platform connects students and teachers to the National Mall – from the classroom to the Reflecting Pool. We are continually enhancing our site – with exciting educational activities for all ages coming soon.
National Organizers
