The Trump administration established a task force to plan a year of celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary
Hillsdale College President Larry P. Arnn shares introduction to ‘Road to Independence’ video series.
This introductory video launches a series of lectures put together in partnership between the White House and Hillsdale College to commemorate important moments in American history leading up to the country’s 250th anniversary. (Credit: The White House)
The White House is launching a new “Road to Independence” video lecture series leading up to America’s 250th birthday, and the Trump administration has planned a year of festivities to commemorate it.
The series, launched the same day as the first engagement of the Revolutionary War in 1775, will commemorate important moments in American history ahead of the Trump administration’s commencement of a full year of festivities that will launch on Memorial Day in honor of America’s 250th anniversary.
The videos are being produced in a partnership between the Department of Education and Hillsdale College, whose president appeared in an introductory video launching the series.
“President Trump wishes to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence next year with an open heart,” Hillsdale President Larry P. Arnn said in his introductory video. “One of the things we must do to commemorate anything — commemorate just means to remember together — first we have to know the thing. We can’t remember it very well if we don’t know it very well. So, part of the purpose of this series of lectures is to remember.”
Here is the first video in the series; “The Shot Heard Round the World”: The Battles of Lexington and Concord.
The Battle of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, was the first military engagement leading to America’s independence from Great Britain and the eventual signing of the Declaration of Independence. The 10-minute video shares the story of this pivotal moment in history from the perspective of Hillsdale College history professor Wilfred M. McClay
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Thank you Stella! I pause and recall fifty years ago next year I stood within clear sight of the North bridge in Concord, Massachusetts on the hillside where the Minutemen stood on the two-hundred-year celebration of the Battle of Concord. I camped with a small tent on that hill for the weekend and witnessed a full-scale reenactment of that famous “Shot Heard Round the World.” A remarkable opportunity looking back.
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Thanks, Stella. This was so good. I look forward to the series and am going to point it out to my DIL for my grandchildren. They are really young but it always helps to point out these things.
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