USA 250 anniversary events

To mark the 250 year anniversary, a number of events are being held throughout 2026 across Edinburgh and the United States of America.

Events in Edinburgh

USA 250 Walking Tour

Date: Any time
Location: Edinburgh, via the Curious Edinburgh app

To mark 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Curious Edinburgh has created a mobile walking tour showing the relationship between Scotland and the United States, starting with the University of Edinburgh.

Edinburgh and America Tour

Date: Any time
Location: Edinburgh, via the Curious Edinburgh app

Curious Edinburgh is on a mission to create mobile walking tours showing off Edinburgh's exceptional role in major scientific discoveries of the past five centuries across physics, geology and medicine.

Declaration Signers Plaque

Date: Any time
Location: University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

Visit commemorative plaques to discover Edinburgh's remarkable connection to the founding of the United States, where two signatories of the Declaration of Independence once studied.

Events in North America

How did we get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution? educator seminar

Date: 20 to 23 July
Location: Montpelier, Orange, Virginian

This workshop, offered by Professor Frank Cogliano, considers the constitutional journey the United States undertook between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

Florida Council for History Education (FLCHE) conference

Date: 24 to 25 July
Location: Mission Resort + Club Conference Center, Howey-in-the Hills, Florida

Promote history in education as a way to appreciate the progress and awareness of past and present events through this year's theme, Innovation in History.

Book talk: Dr. Frank Cogliano

Date: 11 September
Location: Poplar Forest, Lynchburg, Virginia

Join Frank Cogliano for a discussion on his new book, Thomas Jefferson Survives: American Independence in His Time and Ours.

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