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The history behind our great nation is a tapestry of stories about people who lived through landmark events, challenging times and amazing innovations.
America250: A Journey Through Time is a special publication designed to remember, celebrate and honor those pieces of our past as we prepare to mark the nation’s 250th birthday on July 4, 2026.
Each issue will include articles of national, state and county significance, profiles of people throughout the centuries and more.

The first 17 months will focus on slices of history and how events impacted the people who lived through those times. An added feature will show where readers can continue their own journeys through history at museums and historical attraction.
Starting in June 2024, America250: A Journey Through Time will examine the decades leading us back to the events that formed our nation. Data from the Census, which started in 1790, will assist in painting this portrait of America.

National Spotlight
America in 1790 wasn’t just a young nation — it was very much in its infancy. President George Washington had been inaugurated just the year before, the first executive t...
May 12, 2026 America 250
America was still mourning the death of George Washington as the new century dawned in 1800. Washington died in December 1799, casting a shadow over the celebratory mome...
April 14, 2026 America 250
By 1810, the American experiment was well underway. It was a time when the Founding Fathers were not just still alive, but actively involved in politics. The original 13 ...
March 10, 2026 America 250
From postwar optimism to economic panic, westward expansion and political mudslinging, this decade reshaped the United States.
February 10, 2026 America 250
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Keystone Highlights
The first days of the newly formed United States were fraught ones. In 1789, following the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, a new form of government came into exist...
May 12, 2026 America 250
For everything historians know about the boat that helped carry the Lewis and Clark Expedition into the vast Louisiana Territory starting in 1803, there are some surprisi...
April 14, 2026 America 250
The War of 1812 was the closing fight of the American Revolution and the first war that declared a brand new nation, setting the United States on the path to a place on t...
March 10, 2026 America 250
Today, if it’s remembered at all, the Erie Canal is best known as the subject of a folk song, “Low Bridge Everybody Down” or “Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal.” But, accor...
February 10, 2026 America 250
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County Times
Buffalo Township was one of the four original townships when Butler County was formed in 1800, along with Slippery Rock, Connoquenessing, and Middlesex. The land that com...
May 12, 2026 America 250
The end of the Revolutionary War left American soldiers stuck with worthless money and the fledgling American government stuck with no treaty with the Native American tri...
May 12, 2026 America 250
Connoquenessing Township, as one of the largest and oldest communities in Butler County, has witnessed much of the county’s history. From farmhouses to schoolhouses, the ...
April 14, 2026 America 250
Harmonists believed in a second coming of Christ
April 14, 2026 America 250
The first newspapers of Butler County were very different from what people today would think of as a newspaper. According to “The Press and America” by Edwin Emery, early...
March 10, 2026 America 250
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Profiles of People
John Barry, the future “Father of the American Navy” was born on March 25, 1745, in Tacumshane, County Wexford, Kingdom of Ireland. Most sources report his parents as Jam...
May 12, 2026 America 250
Robert Fulton, who would develop the world’s first commercially successful steamboat, was born not far away from the Susquehanna River in Little Britain, Lancaster County...
April 14, 2026 America 250
It may not be known by all, but one man was influential in the founding of the University of Pittsburgh as well as Pittsburgh’s daily newspaper. It’s been difficult to id...
March 10, 2026 America 250
Walter Lowrie was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Dec. 10, 1784, to John and Catherine (Cameron) Lowrie. He was the fourth of the couple’s six children. For many years, J...
February 10, 2026 America 250
One doesn’t think of Edgar Allan Poe as a Pennsylvanian, but the Boston, Massachusetts native did live in Philadelphia from 1838-1844. It was a time in which some observ...
December 09, 2025 America 250
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Experience History
Whiskey Rebellion Education and Visitor Center Address: 184 S. Main St., Washington Pa. Phone: 724-222-3604 Open: 10 to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday...
May 12, 2026 America 250
Spam Museum Address: 101 3rd Ave. NE, Austin, Minn. Phone: 507-434-6401 Website: www.spam.com Open: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday Of Note: ...
August 12, 2025 America 250
Hershey’s Chocolate World Address: 101 Chocolate World Way, Hershey, PA 17033 Phone: 717-534-4900 Website: www.chocolateworld.com Open: Monday-Thursd...
July 08, 2025 America 250
No. 9 Coal Mine and Museum Address: 9 Dock St., Lansford, Pa. Phone: 570-645-7074 Open: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday Of Note: Visitors ...
June 10, 2025 America 250
Gathered here are suggestions where history can be experienced. Information included was gathered from the museums’ websites. The Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum ...
May 13, 2025 America 250
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Where To Go
Gathered here are suggestions where history can be experienced. Information included was gathered from the museums’ websites. Heinz History Center Address: 1212 Small...
July 11, 2023 America 250
Gathered here are places where history can be experienced. Information included was gathered from the museums’ websites. Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Address...
May 09, 2023 America 250
Gathered here are suggestions where history can be experienced. Information included was gathered from the musuems’ websites Heinz History Center Address: 1212 Small...
April 11, 2023 America 250
Gathered here are suggestions where history can be experienced. Information included was gathered from the museums’ websites. Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum ...
March 14, 2023 America 250
Cruiser Olympia Address: Independence Seaport Museum, 211 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia Phone: 215-413-8655 Open: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except...
February 14, 2023 America 250
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