{"id":193040,"date":"2025-07-03T16:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T23:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=193040"},"modified":"2025-07-03T16:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T23:01:14","slug":"live-president-trump-salute-to-america-event-in-iowa-one-year-to-americas-250th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=193040","title":{"rendered":"LIVE: President Trump Salute To America Event in Iowa, One Year To America&#8217;s 250th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Des Moines, IA&#8230;The one-year countdown to America\u2019s 250th birthday will kick off at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, with a Salute to America celebration featuring remarks by the President of the United States. The event will also feature patriotic entertainment and fireworks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n39CnN4eBXs\" title=\"LIVE: President Trump Salute To America Event in Iowa, One Year To America&#39;s 250th Birthday\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Officials with America250, the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, say it&#8217;s the kickoff of a yearlong celebration ahead of the United States&#8217; 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Thursday&#8217;s event will offer &#8220;patriotism, excitement, inspiration, and a glimpse into the grand festivities planned for America&#8217;s 250th anniversary,&#8221; according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This special event serves as the magnificent start of a dynamic, year-long commemoration across our beautiful country, unveiling a vision for a renewed commitment to America&#8217;s future,&#8221; said Ambassador Monica Crowley, Principal Media Representative for America250.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Des Moines, IA&#8230;The one-year countdown to America\u2019s 250th birthday will kick off at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, with a Salute to America celebration featuring remarks by the President of the United States. The event will also feature patriotic entertainment and fireworks. Officials with America250, the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, say it&#8217;s the kickoff of a yearlong [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":193042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Fullscreen-capture-732025-40013-PM.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=193040"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193043,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193040\/revisions\/193043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/193042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=193040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=193040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=193040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}