The Executive Order establishes a White House Task Force on Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday (Task Force 250), with the President as Chair and Vice President as Vice Chair. The task force will be responsible for planning and coordinating an extraordinary celebration of the 250th Anniversary of American Independence on July 4, 2026.
The order also reinstates two previous executive orders related to monuments and national gardens: Executive Order 13934 (Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes) and Executive Order 13978 (Building the National Garden of American Heroes). Additionally, the order reinstates Executive Order 13933 (Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combatting Recent Criminal Violence), which aims to protect America’s monuments from vandalism. The Task Force 250 will coordinate with executive departments and agencies to plan and execute the celebration and report on their planning activities by March 1, 2025.