WH announces Washington Monument illumination to kick off America's 250th celebration
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Key Points:
- President Donald Trump’s nationwide 250th birthday celebrations commence on New Year’s Eve with the illumination of the Washington Monument on the National Mall, featuring a projection-mapping spectacle narrating America’s history and future.
- The monument lighting event will run for five nights starting at 7 p.m. ET on New Year’s Eve, with hourly acts until 12:15 a.m. on New Year’s Day, continuing nightly through January 5, accompanied by fireworks displays on January 1 and January 5.
- Freedom 250, the organization coordinating the celebrations, shared preview images of the monument lighting, which includes historic imagery such as the Apollo 11 mission and excerpts from the Declaration of Independence.
- Trump also announced plans for a "
