The United States’ 250th anniversary, America250, will fall on a Saturday in 2026.
July 4, 2026, is the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence’s adoption, and the calendar places that date on Saturday. The anniversary is therefore both Independence Day and the central date of the national semiquincentennial observance.
Calendar weekdays are determined by the relationship between leap years and the seven-day week. The year 2026 is not a leap year, and July 4 lands on the same weekday pattern established by the preceding months of that calendar year.
This date should not be confused with July 4, 1976, the bicentennial anniversary, which fell on a Sunday. The two celebrations are exactly 50 years apart, but their weekdays differ because the intervening calendar includes leap years.