How to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary in the D.C. area this spring
WASHINGTON POST _ BY FRITZ HAHN
This year brings the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the American experiment.
The peak of these revolutionary celebrations will come in the summer: The National Archives is planning a three-day Spirit of Independence Festival in June that will shut down Constitution Avenue, beginning a countdown to Independence Day. Tall ships will sail into Alexandria and Baltimore; the National Air and Space Museum will reopen major galleries on the Mall; and, of course, there will be fireworks across the region.
But you don’t have to wait: There’s much you can do, and see, right now.
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