America turns 250 this year, and the party is coming to Summerfest! “America’s Block Party” is a countrywide event happening July 3-4, organized by America250, a Congress-approved organization with a bipartisan board of advisors and a long list of corporate sponsors.
They should not be confused with the “Freedom 250,” the White House-created organization that canceled a concert series after several of the performers (Milli Vanilla, Brett Michaels, Young MC, and The Commodores, among others) dropped out over concerns of the event being too partisan.
America250’s website says the Block Party event will be “the largest synchronized Fourth of July celebration in U.S. history,” with most of that mass coming from community events around the country, from barbeque grill-outs to festivals. An “America’s Block Party” app can help people find which event is closest to them…