America’s 250th Birthday Will Be A ‘Commemoration,’ Not ‘Celebration’ In Virginia Because Leftists Don’t Think It’s Worth Celebrating

The largest county in Virginia, the state once home to America’s greatest Founding Fathers, will not “celebrate” the 250th anniversary of America’s 1776 founding after a “work group” including officials associated with the United States Army and George Washington museums read a survey that showed that liberals don’t think America’s birth is a cause for celebration.

The Fairfax County Semiquincentennial Work Group said events in 2026 should instead be a “Commemoration” of the date and “a continuum of recent Virginia commemorations—of 1607 and of 1619—that emphasize the challenges, diversity, and dynamism of the Commonwealth” and “an expression of our nation’s movement towards greater justice and equity.”