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The history behind our great nation is a tapestry of stories about people who lived through landmark events, challenging times and amazing innovations.
America250: A Journey Through Time is a special publication designed to remember, celebrate and honor those pieces of our past as we prepare to mark the nation’s 250th birthday on July 4, 2026.
Each issue will include articles of national, state and county significance, profiles of people throughout the centuries and more.

The first 17 months will focus on slices of history and how events impacted the people who lived through those times. An added feature will show where readers can continue their own journeys through history at museums and historical attraction.
Starting in June 2024, America250: A Journey Through Time will examine the decades leading us back to the events that formed our nation. Data from the Census, which started in 1790, will assist in painting this portrait of America.

National Spotlight
Welcome to the decade of the 2010s, a period of environmental disaster, unthinkable violence and protests fueled by social media. More than a million Americans assembled ...
July 08, 2024 America 250
Welcome to the 2020s, a period of escalating global conflict, artificial intelligence, surging migration at the southern border and a pandemic of epic proportion. But wel...
June 11, 2024 America 250
The transformation of the United States from a country of farmers into an industrial powerhouse began in the textile industry of Great Britain, gained momentum in this co...
May 14, 2024 America 250
Western Pennsylvania has a reputation now as a place where innovators are working on everything from cancer research to self-driving cars. And it has always been on the c...
April 09, 2024 America 250
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Keystone Highlights
It took a little horse trading to get casinos into Pennsylvania. The original 2004 law that created casinos in the state was The Race Horse Development And Gaming Act. Ga...
July 08, 2024 America 250
While the unofficial motto of United States Postal Service is “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their a...
June 11, 2024 America 250
When Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated for his first term as U.S. president in March 1933, the nation was in shambles. A little more than three years earlier, in Octo...
May 14, 2024 America 250
The first oil well in the world was dug in northwestern Pennsylvania in 1859. Less than 20 years later, the boom would make Butler County a world leader in oil producti...
April 09, 2024 America 250
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County Times
With oil reserves drying up a century ago and a declining population since the 1990s, Evans City is at a crossroads for opportunity, according to Evans City Borough Counc...
July 08, 2024 America 250
The pressure from the water against the dam led to Glade Run Lake being drained in 2011, but pressure from a group of dedicated neighbors got the dam rebuilt and the lake...
July 08, 2024 America 250
Benjamin Franklin Museum Address: 317 Chestnut St., Philadelphia Phone: 215-965-2305 Open: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily Of note: The Benjamin Franklin Muse...
July 08, 2024 America 250
For more than 150 years, oil has been flowing through the veins of Butler County. Karns City and Petrolia, two neighboring towns in northeastern Butler County, serve as l...
June 11, 2024 America 250
Some historic moments feel more obvious than others — it’s clear things are going to be different afterward. The COVID-19 pandemic was one such moment, and the people who...
June 11, 2024 America 250
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Profiles of People
The history of “Hamilton: An American Musical,” appropriately enough, is something of a melting pot. The obvious origin was in the 1750s on the Caribbean island of Nevis....
July 08, 2024 America 250
How did a young woman from the Midwest find her way to the bloodiest and fiercest fought battle on D-Day? Her name is not often associated with the beaches of Normandy, y...
June 11, 2024 America 250
Benjamin Franklin’s home in Philadelphia was torn down more than 200 years ago, but visitors to the city can still catch a glimpse of the life he lead there. The National...
June 11, 2024 America 250
One track on Taylor Swift's new album, "The Tortured Poets Department," honors a long-celebrated, oft-miscast heroine of American feminism: actress Clara Bow. As historia...
May 14, 2024 America 250
Like so many stories about safety advancements, this one starts with tragedy and death. Just before 7:30 a.m. March 26, 1912, there were 91 men in the Jed Coal and Coke C...
April 09, 2024 America 250
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Experience History
Harmony Museum Address: 218 Mercer St., Harmony, Pa. Phone: 724-452-7341 Open: 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday Of Note: The museum, one o...
May 14, 2024 America 250
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Address: 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, N.Y. Phone: 800-337-8474 Open: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily ...
February 13, 2024 America 250
DeBence Antique Music World Address: 1261 Liberty St., Franklin, Pa. Phone: 814-432-8350 Open: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m Tuesday through Saturday and 12:30 to 4 ...
January 09, 2024 America 250
The National Christmas Center Address: 1 Hollinger Lane, Elizabethtown, Pa.; shuttle services at 48 Industrial Road, Elizabethtown Phone: 717-902-9791 O...
December 12, 2023 America 250
Erie Maritime Museum and The U.S. Brig Niagra Address: 150 E. Front St. Suite 100, Erie Phone: 814-452-2744 Open: Oct. 1 to March 30: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m....
November 14, 2023 America 250
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Where To Go
Gathered here are suggestions where history can be experienced. Information included was gathered from the museums’ websites. Heinz History Center Address: 1212 Small...
July 11, 2023 America 250
Gathered here are places where history can be experienced. Information included was gathered from the museums’ websites. Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Address...
May 09, 2023 America 250
Gathered here are suggestions where history can be experienced. Information included was gathered from the musuems’ websites Heinz History Center Address: 1212 Small...
April 11, 2023 America 250
Gathered here are suggestions where history can be experienced. Information included was gathered from the museums’ websites. Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum ...
March 14, 2023 America 250
Cruiser Olympia Address: Independence Seaport Museum, 211 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia Phone: 215-413-8655 Open: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except...
February 14, 2023 America 250
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