Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 141892025-02231
Celebrating America's 250th Birthday
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Published
February 3, 2025
Signed
January 29, 2025
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Executive Office of the President
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 21 (Monday, February 3, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8849-8851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02231]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 90 , No. 21 / Monday, February 3, 2025 /
Presidential Documents
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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.
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THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 29, 2025.
[FR Doc. 2025-02231
Filed 1-31-25; 11:15 am]
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