Topic: semiquincentennial 250th

Your curated list of the best semiquincentennial events, exhibits, and activities happening in and around Philly

After the fireworks and red-white-and-blue parades, Committee of 70 convened some of the nation’s most esteemed thought leaders on politics and civic life to talk about, if not the next 250 years, then at least the next few months

A new public engagement initiative inside 17 historic sacred places offers a chance to experience the quieter, less-trafficked gathering spots where our founders prayed for revolution

We just proved we do hospitality better than anyone. Now, the head of the PHL250 says, let’s make it our legacy

The interim leader of the National Constitution Center is proud of the quick thinking and ingenuity of the people who pulled off the Semiquincentennial

Patriotism has never meant pretending America is perfect. It has always meant believing the country is yours to improve

Celebrating the founding of our country when it feels like everything is falling apart? Really hard. Celebrating the Philadelphia that’s been hosting the World Cup? Easy

A Voorhees vineyard’s short documentary traces its land’s connections to the Revolutionary War and to the man whose hand engrossed the official Declaration of Independence

Philly’s done right by democracy’s history this year, but its future will be written by engaged citizens between now and Election Day … and after, too

A former Army Undersecretary and Congressman on what we can still learn from Washington and Hamilton’s military service