Executive Order 14189 created the White House Task Force for America’s 250th anniversary on January 29, 2025.
The order established the White House Task Force on Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday, commonly associated with the Freedom 250 name. Its purpose was to plan, organize, and execute a major celebration of American independence in 2026.
This task force is separate from the United States Semiquincentennial Commission, the bipartisan congressional body established in 2016 and associated with America250. The two organizations therefore represent different planning structures for the same national milestone.
Executive Order 14189 also directed federal coordination around the anniversary. Its creation came less than two years before the scheduled July 4, 2026 observance and added a second major institutional framework to the nationwide commemoration.