{"id":191507,"date":"2025-04-06T21:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T02:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=191507"},"modified":"2025-04-07T22:01:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T03:01:59","slug":"u-s-semiquincentennial-celebration-starting-locally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/04\/06\/u-s-semiquincentennial-celebration-starting-locally\/","title":{"rendered":"Semiquincentennial celebration starting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States Semiquincentennial will be celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence, and America 250: Van Wert County&nbsp;will kick off the celebration along with the rest of the nation&nbsp;on Friday, April 18,&nbsp;with&nbsp;\u201cTwo Lights For Tomorrow.\u201d&nbsp;In honor of Paul Revere&#8217;s &#8220;Midnight Ride&#8221; the Van Wert County Historical Society is asking every city\/village building, along with businesses and residents to place two lights out that day. The Van Wert County Commissioners will be placing lights in the crow\u2019s nest of the courthouse.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Paul-Revere-4-2025-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191509\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Two Lights for Tomorrow event seeks to illuminate the path forward by honoring the pivotal moments of America\u2019s history, with a special focus on the historic ride that signaled the beginning of the America Revolution. This milestone event symbolizes a commitment to innovation, unity, and hope as the nation reflects on its journey and looks forward to the next 250 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.Van Wert County is currently planning a variety of community events for 2025. Anyone interested in helping with the celebration should contact Theresa Mengerink at <a href=\"mailto:webmaster@historicalvanwert.com\">webmaster@historicalvanwert.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information The United States Semiquincentennial will be celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence, and America 250: Van Wert County&nbsp;will kick off the celebration along with the rest of the nation&nbsp;on Friday, April 18,&nbsp;with&nbsp;\u201cTwo Lights For Tomorrow.\u201d&nbsp;In honor of Paul Revere&#8217;s &#8220;Midnight Ride&#8221; the Van Wert County Historical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 08:42:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191507"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191581,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191507\/revisions\/191581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}