03-03-2025
Imagining plans for the Revolution's 250th anniversary
Private organizations have been working on commemorations for years now. Bob Allison and Jonathan Lane of the nonprofit group Revolution 250 have done a tremendous job, and many communities have organized local celebrations. What we've needed hasn't been enthusiasm from a few but broad support — public and private — to execute on this tremendous opportunity 250 years in the making.
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Virginia 250, a state-chartered organization, is indeed the model. Take one of their slogans, 'Virginia's History is America's History,' or the name of an upcoming major
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Lee Wright
Marlborough
The writer is founder and president of the Pursuit of History, a national nonprofit that offers history programming.
In the Trump era, what's worth celebrating?
Regarding various states' plans for the United States' 250th anniversary: I wonder what they think they are celebrating. Thanks to Elon Musk, Project 2025, and President Trump, they surely can't be claiming it's democracy. That was sold after 249 years. Massachusetts should keep the money to fund a new fight for freedom. In addition, I'd prefer not to be out on July 4 watching the Proud Boys and their ilk defile my streets. If you think they won't be marching, you're in serious denial.
Ann Lozeau
Maynard
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Events of 1775 should serve as inspiration for today
The article described how Massachusetts events commemorating the opening acts of the American Revolution seem to be underwhelming.
Yet this moment in the American experience calls for inspiration from those embattled farmers who stood up to a king. They initiated our country's ongoing quest to treat all men and women as equals, endowed with the rights to 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.'
Massachusetts should take great pride in the events that happened at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. The '
James C. O'Connell
Newton
