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AS THE NATION’S SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL YEAR BEGINS, this issue of White House History Quarterly celebrates the 250th birthday of America’s independence with a look back at milestone national anniversaries in the context of White House history. We begin in the present day by exploring the meaning and making of the recently launched Official White House Christmas Ornament. The forty-sixth in the series, the 2026 ornament fittingly pictures a facsimile of the original Declaration of Independence. Charlotte Seale takes us back to the eighteenth century and shares the reaction of a “stranger in America” to one of the earliest Independence Day celebrations. Alan Capps takes us into the nineteenth century to July 4, 1826, the nation’s fiftieth anniversary. Jennifer Wojeck reminds us that the nation would never forget the significance of not only July 4, 1776, but also of other milestone dates such as April 30, 1789. Ann Compton brings the narrative into the twentieth century, sharing her own memories of traveling with President Gerald R. Ford on July 4, 1976, the nation’s two hundredth birthday. Gary Walters details events hosted by President and Mrs. George H. W. Bush in 1992 when the bicentennial of the White House cornerstone was memorialized with the installation of a time capsule on the South Grounds. Then artist Jamie Wyeth shares his experience on the South Grounds in 2000, when he was cleared in at 5:00 a.m. to make preparatory sketches for his painting, Dawn, The White House, 2000. Joel Kemelhor takes us out to sea to explore the U.S. Navy’s traditions for celebrating national anniversaries and the role played by carriers named for presidents. For our Presidential Sites Feature, James H. Johnston takes us to his hometown, Independence, Missouri. Founded in 1827 and named for the Declaration of Independence.