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Executive Order 14189 of January 29, 2025 

Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, and in anticipation of the 250th 

anniversary of American Independence on July 4, 2026, it is hereby ordered: 

Section 1. Purpose. It is the policy of the United States, and a purpose 

of this order, to provide a grand celebration worthy of the momentous 

occasion of the 250th anniversary of American Independence on July 4, 

2026. It is also the purpose of this order to take other actions to honor 

the history of our great Nation. 

Sec. 2. Establishing the White House Task Force on Celebrating America’s 

250th Birthday. (a) There is hereby established the White House Task Force 

on Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday (Task Force 250). 

(b) The President shall be the Chair of Task Force 250 and the Vice 

President will serve as Vice Chair. The Chair shall appoint an Executive 

Director, who shall administer and execute the day-to-day operations of 

Task Force 250, and who shall report through the Assistant to the President 

for Domestic Policy. The Chair, the Vice Chair, or a member of Task Force 

250 designated by the Chair, shall convene regular meetings of Task Force 

250, determine its agenda, and direct its work, consistent with this order. 

The Executive Director and the Assistant to the President for Domestic 

Policy shall assist in the performance of these duties. The Chair may designate 

any member of the Task Force to preside over meetings of the Task Force. 

(c) In addition to the Chair and Vice Chair, Task Force 250 shall consist 

of the following members: 

(i) the Secretary of State; 

(ii) the Secretary of the Treasury; 

(iii) the Secretary of Defense; 

(iv) the Secretary of the Interior; 

(v) the Secretary of Agriculture; 

(vi) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; 

(vii) the Secretary of Education; 

(viii) the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy; 

(ix) the Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative Affairs; 

(x) the Cabinet Secretary and Deputy Chief of Staff; 

(xi) the Director of Speechwriting; 

(xii) the Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities; 

(xiii) the Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts; 

(xiv) the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services; and 

(xv) the heads of such other executive departments, agencies, and offices 

that the Chair or the Vice Chair may, from time to time, designate or 

invite to participate. 

(d) The Chair and the Vice Chair, as they deem appropriate, shall invite 

the Executive Director of the United States Semiquincentennial Commission 

to provide recommendations and advice to Task Force 250. 


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(e) Task Force 250 shall coordinate with the executive departments and 

agencies (agencies) to plan, organize, and execute an extraordinary celebration 

of the 250th Anniversary of American Independence and shall coordinate 

agencies’ communications with the United States Semiquincentennial Commission. In addition, the Executive Director may seek information or advice 

from such other agencies as Task Force 250 shall direct. 

(f) For administrative purposes, the Task Force shall be housed in the 

Department of Defense, which shall provide funding and administrative 

support for Task Force 250, to the extent permitted by law and subject 

to the availability of appropriations. 

(g) Agencies shall provide a report to Task Force 250 regarding their 

respective planning and activities with respect to the celebration of the 

250th Anniversary of American Independence. These reports should be submitted to the Executive Director of Task Force 250 no later than March 

1, 2025. 

(h) Task Force 250 shall terminate on December 31, 2026, unless extended 

by the President. 

Sec. 3. National Garden of American Heroes. (a) Executive Order 13934 

of July 3, 2020 (Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes) 

and Executive Order 13978 of January 18, 2021 (Building the National Garden 

of American Heroes) are reinstated as they were prior to issuance of Executive 

Order 14029 of May 14, 2021. 

(b) The Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy shall recommend 

to the President additional historically significant Americans for inclusion 

in the National Garden of American Heroes, to bring the total number 

of heroes to 250. 

(c) Section 3(c)(ii) of Executive Order 13934 is amended by striking ‘‘prior 

to the 250th anniversary of the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026’’ and inserting in its place ‘‘as expeditiously as possible’’. 

Sec. 4. Protecting America’s Monuments from Vandalism. Executive Order 

13933 of June 26, 2020 (Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and 

Statues and Combatting Recent Criminal Violence) is hereby reinstated as 

it was prior to the issuance of Executive Order 14029 of May 14, 2021. 

Recent examples of conduct necessitating reinstatement of this order include 

pro-Hamas-related vandalism of historically significant public monuments 

and related assaults on Federal officers and employees following October 

7, 2023, including the vandalism of the exterior of the Department of the 

Treasury and of statues in Lafayette Square in Washington, DC on June 

8, 2024, and the assaults on Federal officers and vandalism of the Christopher 

Columbus Memorial Fountain and Freedom Bell at Union Station in Washington, DC on July 24, 2024. 

Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed 

to impair or otherwise affect: 

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, 

or the head thereof; or 

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. 

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and 

subject to the availability of appropriations. 


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(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, 

substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party 

against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, 

employees, or agents, or any other person. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

January 29, 2025. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02231 

Filed 1–31–25; 11:15 am] 

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