How to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary in the D.C. area this spring

WASHINGTON POST _ BY FRITZ HAHN

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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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