Start the Celebration of America’s 250th

​We are well on the way to begin our celebration of America’s 250th year of glorious freedom and liberty. Tonight, we start off by saying good-bye to Spring, and tomorrow we see at 4:24 EDT the sun reach its farthest point north of the equator. Thus begins ninety-two days of Summer.

Tomorrow, we also celebrate Father’s Day, to pay tribute to the men in our lives who devoted time and effort to give guidance and patience to the girls and boys in their lives. No matter whether they were biologically related or not. This includes Dads, Grandfathers, Uncles, Godfathers, Stepfathers, Adopted Fathers and all the other men who gave of themselves unconditionally.

For the next two weeks, we will hear and see, subtly at first, the skies light up with the prettiest colors, followed by loudest fireworks imaginable. As we get closer to Independence Day, those colors will be brighter and the sounds will be even louder.

This year, as we celebrate the 4th of July, most of us will be blessed with a three-day weekend, as America’s 250th falls on a Saturday. 

We will witness the best parades, concerts and the greatest expression of patriotic pride in our history. We will celebrate with family and friends with barbecues, days at the beach or the pool and nights at our fire pits, roasting marshmallows and gobbling up s’mores.

We are already watching the 2026 FIFA World Cup, cheering on Team USA and perhaps, another favored team. Some of us have set up brackets and pools, similar to that found mostly in the NCAA March Madness of college basketball. Only instead, brackets of countries.

And all through the Spring and all through the Summer, we are in the midterms Primary Season. This is actually a good way to honor those men, and women, who came before us to make us the country we are today, by getting out to vote. By voting, you are expressing your choice for the direction you want the country to lead us.

These are some of what we want the Celebration of America’s 250th anniversary of our Founding Fathers’ vision to and should represent.

We should not be Republicans or Democrats first. Instead, we should remember and honor that we are Americans First. Not party.

Enjoy your celebrations and God Bless America.