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"The restoration of a Revolutionary War gunboat underway at the Smithsonian" NCPR January 28, 2026
"Going Places: New York State Celebrates America's 250th" Long Island Press January 28, 2026
"Binghamton University professor explores Declaration of Independence grievances in community program" WBNG News 12 January 28, 2026
"Full Bio: The Schuyler Sisters and Revolutionary New York" WNYC January 28, 2026
"New York City landmarks that helped the U.S. get to 250 years old" Times Herald-Record January 28, 2026
"Tri-State 250: Highlighting the hidden history in the New York, New Jersey area" CBS New York January 28, 2026
"America's oldest warship, sunk in 1776, is getting a 250th-birthday makeover" Washington Post January 27, 2026
"Revolutionary Schohary 250 prepares for 2026" NYVT Media January 27, 2026
"U.S. Mint releases coin commemorating famous Oneida heroine" Syracuse.com January 27, 2026
"Amazing America 250: Schenectady 'Liberty' flag carries centuries of history" CNY Central January 25, 2026
"Podcast Is American History Lesson" The East Hampton Star January 22, 2026
"Auction Marking the United States' 250th Birthday Features Some of Its Most Iconic Documents" U.S. News & World Report January 22, 2026
"America Turns 250: A Guide to the Coming Festivities" The New York Times January 22, 2026
"Firsthand Accounts of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews Collection - Now Available Online" Westchester County Historical Society January 21, 2026
"Sail4th 250 in NYC: Celebrate America 250 With Tall Ships, Fleet Week & Fireworks" New York Family January 21, 2026
"Runner's 5,500-mile journey brings his flag run through upstate NY" Democrat & Chronicle January 21, 2026
"Painting of Benedict Arnold as a hero of the Battle of Saratoga to be conserved for display in NY State Military Museum" DVIDS January 20, 2026
"Johnson Hall Revolutionary raid recreation in 4 photos" The Daily Gazette January 20, 2026
"Town of Eastchester Kicks Off Westchester 250 Celebrations in 2026" Yonkers Times January 17, 2026
"NYS Military Museum to unroll massive Battle of Saratoga painting" WTEN News 10 ABC January 15, 2026
"Hofstra University Marks the Nation's 250th Anniversary by Sharing "Untold Stories"" Hofstra News January 15, 2026
"The Revolutionary Village: From War and Peace to 250 Years of Remarkable Influence" Village Preservation January 14, 2026
"New York Harbor to Host Historic Armada for America's 250th: All the Details" Time Out New York January 14, 2026
"Orangetown Resolutions inked in Rockland a key step for independence" Lohud January 14, 2026
"Man's solo run across America stops in Finger Lakes region" 13WHAM ABC News January 13, 2026
"Sag Harbor Cinema Presents 'The American Revolution'" 27east January 13, 2026
"Events Celebrating Nation's 250th Anniversary Underway in Huntington" Huntington Now January 12, 2026
"East Hampton Historical Society Launches New Podcast 'Spirit of '76' To Celebrate America's 250th" James Lane Post January 13, 2026
"Hochul announces New York History Preservation and Resource Center on Peebles Island" The Saratogian January 13, 2026
"2026 at the Museum of the City of New York: Exhibitions Championing the City that Shapes the Nation" The City Life Org January 13, 2026
"Putnam kicks off 250th Anniversary of American Independence" Mid Hudson News January 12, 2026
"Highlighting Albany's role in the Revolutionary War" WNYT News Channel 13 January 9, 2026
"Old Fort Niagara to celebrate 300 years of history with 'epic' 2026 anniversary season" Niagara Frontier Publications January 9, 2026
"Ogdensburg celebrating Revolutionary War History" WWNYT News 7 January 9, 2026
"Schuylerville senior receives inaugural Saratoga 250 scholarship" Saratoga Today January 8, 2026
"Amazing America 250: The Significance of the Erie Canal" CNY Central January 8, 2026
"'Suffolk 250' book aims to boost tourism, highlight sites" Long Island Business News January 7, 2026
"Tri Hamlet 250 Committee Celebrates William Floyd Day in Suffolk County" William Floyd School District January 6, 2026
"On This Day: Adams advises Washington on the defense of New York" Washington Examiner January 6, 2026
"New York Stock Exchange Partners with America 250 to Mark America's 250th Anniversary" America 250 January 6, 2026
"Tall Ships, Galas, Innovative Theater Casting & Podcasts: A Modern Way To Celebrate the 250th" East End Beacon January 6, 2026
"What New York Looked Like in 1776" WNYC January 5, 2026
"Revolutionary War shipwrecks are caught in a preservation debate" Adirondack Explorer January 5, 2026
"1776-2026: Building a Nation" Times Union January 1, 2026
"'Nothing is Guaranteed': Keeping the Revolution Alive in Westchester as America Turns 250" The Examiner News December 31, 2025
"Vermont and New York schools engage in hands-on history with 'Henry Knox in the Classroom'" WRGB CBS 6 News December 30, 2025
"Hidden Gems in the Archives: How a Single Line Revealed the Adamses of Richmond Hill" Village Preservation December 30, 2025
"How Haitian ordnance wound up in the Adirondack Mountains" The World December 30, 2025
"LOOKING BACK: The nation makers: Yates County veterans of the American Revolution" Finger Lakes Times December 28, 2025
"Patriotic Times Square ball drop to launch U.S.'s 250th birthday" NBC 4 New York December 26, 2025
""Common Sense," by Thomas Paine, Turns 250" The New York Times December 17, 2025
"'Quite the story': Henry Knox celebrated on 250th anniversary of 'Noble' train march" Saratoga 250 December 16, 2025
"Photos: Noble Knox Train of Artillery arrives in Cohoes." Times Union December 15, 2025
"'The eyes of America are upon us': Knox's Noble Train of Artillery arrives at Fort George" The Lake George Examiner December 13, 2025
"Henry Knox's Noble Train of Artillery 250th anniversary" WTEN News 10 ABC December 11, 2025
"Events to commemorate Henry Knox's Noble Train of Artillery" WTEN News 10 ABC December 11, 2025
"Diver recovered 6,000 artifacts from Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battles in Lake Champlain" Adirondack Explorer December 10, 2025
"New 71,000 Square-Foot Tang Wing for American Democracy to Open at The New York Historical" City Life Org December 9, 2025
"Explore Huntington’s Revolutionary War history with Liberty 250 digital experience" TBR News Media December 5, 2025
"Revolutionary War Archaeology: Oriskany Battlefield Survey Underway" News Channel 2 Utica November 19, 2025
"America's Field Trip Student Contest" Office of State History April 18, 2025
"America&Spain250: An Initiative for the Celebration of Spain's Relationship with the United States, 1776-2026" America&Spain250 March 20, 2025
"Niagara USA 250 Committee Releases Logo for Local Events" Niagara County March 7, 2025
"Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins Announces Tourism Grant to Support 'Rooted in Westchester'" Westchester County February 23, 2025
"The Lafayette Trail and William G. Pomeroy Foundation Partnership Spotlights 200th Anniversary of Gen. Lafayette's Visit to Starstruck Nation with Historical Markers Across Entirety of Original 'Farewell Tour'" Lafayette 2024 February 26, 2025
"Ken Burns' The American Revolution Coming November 16, 2025" PBS February 20, 2025
"The Queen Sofía Spanish Institute and the Gilder Lehrman Institute Release America & Spain 250 Educational Materials" Office of State History February 12, 2025
"The New York State 250th Commemoration Virtual Summit was a Success!" NYSTIA February 4, 2025
"No. Castle Committee Updates Town on 250th Anniversary Celebration Plans" The Examiner News November 1, 2024
"'Treason of the Blackest Dye' On Display at the Pocantico Center" The Hudson Independent September 26, 2024
"Original 'Boot Papers' on display in Tarrytown for the first time in nearly 250 years" News 12 Westchester September 25, 2024
"NYS Parks Unveil New Interactive Video Displays Interpreting New York's Revolutionary History" I Love NY September 20, 2024
"America250 Previews America Gives" America250 September 9, 2024
"CCHS and county historian's office to host 'An America250 Conversation'" I Love NY September 3, 2024
"SENAV Del Toro and Mayor Admas Announce International Naval Review 250" America's Navy August 29, 2024
"National Parks Service Awards $10 Million to Historic Sites and Structures in 9 States to Celebrate America's 250th Anniversary", National Parks Service August 22, 2024
"Obama and Bush join effort to mark America's 250th anniversary in a time of political polarization" Associated Press August 1, 2024
"Albany County swears in Revolutionary War commission" WAMC Midday Magazine July 14, 2024
"The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Announces 2026 Programming Framework to Mark the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence" PR Newswire July 11, 2024
"What's a Semiquincentennial? You Have Two Years to Find Out" The New York Times July 10, 2024
"In July 4 speech, governor announces commission for US Declaration of Independence 250th anniversary celebration" San Juan Daily Star July 5, 2024
"Commission to promote New York's Revolutionary War history holds first meeting" WAMC Midday Magazine May 22, 2024
"The Hidden History of Tone's Pond Discovered: The Namesake of a Revolutionary War Hero" Brewster Bear Facts February 6, 2024
"America's War for Independence is Set to Return to Montgomery County" Montgomery County June 28, 2023
"Long Island prepares for 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War" WSHU Public Radio June 15, 2023
"County legislators prepare for 250th anniversary of American Revolution" The Altamont Enterprise Regional June 6, 2023
"NYS Museum piecing together remains of Revolutionary War soldiers recovered in Lake George" CBS 6 News May 10, 2023
"Announcing NYC Revolutionary Trail" Gotham Center for New York City History May 8, 2023
"Unfinished Revolutions: Museums and America's 250th" We the Museum Podcast April 26, 2023
"Forming a Local 250th Commission" American Association for State and Local History March 23, 2023
"Annual Update on the Semiquincentennial" American Association for State and Local History July 1, 2022
"IMLS 250: All Stories. All People. All Places." Institute of Museum and Library Services June 16, 2022
"America250 Names Michael Frazier as Chief Communications Officer" America250 January 13, 2022
"America250 and the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution announce Historic Partnership to Commemorate the Nation's Birthday" America250 January 11, 2022
"A250 Launches the Civics & Civic Engagement Advisory Council" America250 January 5, 2022
"Grant to Support Internships on NYS's Revolutionary War History" SUNY Geneseo December 22, 2021
"General George Washington and the Crossing of the Delaware" America250 December 20, 2021
"For Kids: History of...The Postage Stamp" America250 December 10, 2021
"A Community Conversation with LGBTQ+ Communities" America250 December 2, 2021
"8 Indigenous Podcasts for Native American Heritage Month America250 November 19, 2021
"Sergeant Henry Johnson, WWI Hero" America250 November 11, 2021
"Theodore Roosevelt's Children" America250 November 1, 2021
"Hazel Ying Lee: The Chinese American Pilot Who Dared" America250 October 18, 2021
"Meet the Co-Chairs: Sports & Entertainment Advisory Council" America250 September 24, 2021
"Revolutionary Tarrytown” Bee Local July 26, 2021
“Westchester Takes a Long View of Historic and Cultural Heritage Tourism” New York State Association of Counties News July 16, 2021
"Vast Early America Teacher Institute" Omohundro Institute & National Endowment for the Humanities
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