By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Related Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the nonprofit group planning America’s 250th birthday celebrations determined it needed an decoration to commemorate that milestone in historical past, its management knew simply the place to show for steering.
America250.org labored with the White Home Historic Affiliation, which, since 1981, has bought a well-liked Christmas tree decoration honoring a president or a key White Home anniversary. Greater than 1 million of these ornaments at the moment are bought yearly.
The 2 teams labored collectively to supply a memento to mark the anniversary — formally referred to as the semiquincentennial — and America250.org unveiled it on Monday.
Jennifer Condon, Govt Vice President of America250, shows the back and front of a commemorative decoration launched by America250 as a part of occasions main as much as the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Picture/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Jennifer Condon, Govt Vice President of America250, shows the back and front of a commemorative decoration launched by America250 as a part of occasions main as much as the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Picture/Mark Schiefelbein)
The limited-edition, hand-crafted decoration options the Declaration of Independence, the doc the Second Continental Congress used to announce it was breaking away from Britain on July 4, 1776. President Donald Trump has a copy hanging within the Oval Workplace.
One facet of the memento options the doc printed on linen and the opposite facet exhibits American flags waving atop the White Home and the America250 emblem with the years 1776-2026 on a pink ribbon. The decoration is trimmed in pure gold.
Organizers say they view the celebration of America’s founding as a chance to assist unite a politically divided nation. “It’s a second for us to replicate on the final 250 years and, much more importantly, the place we’re going for the following 250th,” stated Jennifer Condon, government vice chairman of America250.org.
Condon stated she hopes the decoration will play a small half in that endeavor as “an emblem of, really, this unity that we’re making an attempt to try for.”
It’s uncommon for the White Home affiliation to launch an decoration outdoors of its annual vacation collection. Stewart McLaurin, the White Home affiliation’s president, stated his nonprofit group had helped create a collector’s piece “that embodies the spirit and historical past of our nation.”
It’s made by the veteran-owned Rhode Island firm that produces the White Home affiliation’s ornaments, and might be bought solely beginning Monday at America250.org for $26.95, and in January on the White Home affiliation’s web site.
