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The Washington Monument will be transformed on New Year’s Eve into “the world’s largest birthday candle in honor of our 250th anniversary of the nation“, according to the national organization Freedom 250.
The monument will be illuminated with projections depicting America’s history, focusing on America’s founding and its future, starting at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday. Likewise, the monument will transform into a 250-foot birthday candle as part of a countdown to 2026.
“The lighting of the Washington Monument marks the beginning of a momentous year for our nation: 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence,” said Keith Krach, CEO of Freedom 250, in a press release. “We invite all Americans – and all friends of America – to join in this historic celebration of the triumph of the American spirit.”
The Washington Monument will be transformed on New Year’s Eve into “the world’s largest birthday candle in honor of our nation’s 250th anniversary.” (Batata Zawrzel/Nurphoto via Getty Images)
Freedom 250 is a national, nonpartisan organization. Donald Trump created dedicated to avant-garde events to celebrate America’s 250th birthday in 2026, coordinating with the White House and other federal agencies to plan events to commemorate this anniversary.
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The visit is free and open to the public and will continue until Monday with different projections projected on the monument each evening. Screenings will begin on New Year’s Eve on Wednesday and continue until just after midnight, and will run from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on subsequent evenings.
The narrated videos that will appear on the monument will focus on the discovery, revolution and independence of the United States, Western expansion, the Industrial Revolution, and modern times and the future of the United States.
The visit is free and open to the public and will continue until Monday with different projections projected on the monument each evening. (J. David Ake/Associated Press)
The event is designed to serve as the “first signature moment” in a series of events to celebrate the anniversary, and will include a drone and fireworks show on New Year’s Eve, according to Freedom 250. Testing of the event began earlier in December, with previews of the projections visible on the monument.
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Other events that Freedom 250 will host to commemorate America’s birthday include a Great American State Fair in June, and a parade of ships from more than 30 countries in New York Harbor for the Fourth of July.
A patriotic crystal ball will be used at the Times Square New Year’s Ball to mark the start of 2026, months before America’s 250th birthday. (PA)
America250, a nonpartisan commission created by Congress in 2016 to prepare for America’s 250th birthday, also announced that it was commemorating the special year in New York on New Year’s Eve.
The group said that after midnight Eastern Standard Time, the Times Square Ball in New York would be re-lit in red, white and blue and 2,000 pounds of red, white and blue confetti would be released.
