A plan for America250 called for 76 commemorative trees at Independence National Historical Park.
The number 76 refers to 1776, the year in which the Declaration of Independence was adopted. The trees were connected with Philadelphia’s preparations for the 2026 semiquincentennial and were intended to create a visible commemorative landscape in the historic district.
Independence National Historical Park includes Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell site, and other locations associated with the founding period. The park is administered by the National Park Service and is one of Philadelphia’s principal historical destinations.
The 76-tree plan is easy to confuse with the anniversary number 250 or with the 50 states. Those numbers describe different things. Here, 76 is a historical year reference, using the final two digits of 1776 rather than the length of the anniversary.