Ben Rhodes is an influential writer, political commentator, former deputy national security advisor, and author of “All We Say: The Battle for American Identity.” Rhodes examines Ronald Reagan's 1980 election and the conservative agenda that reshaped American government. #WeAreAmerica250

@rickperlstein.bskysocial com is an American historian, journalist, and author known for his in-depth chronicles of post-World War II conservatism. Perlstein explores the birth of bebop, the revolutionary jazz style forged by Black musicians in the 1940s that transformed music.. #WeAreAmerica250

United States Representative Joe Neguse of Colorado is a member of the Natural Resources, Judiciary and Rules Committees. Representative Neguse recalls the life of Barney Ford, a pioneering Black entrepreneur in Colorado who fought for the 15th Amendment. #WeAreAmerica250

@pkrugman.bsky.social is a Nobel Prize–winning economist recognized worldwide for his groundbreaking work on international trade and his influential voice on the economic issues of our time. Krugman recounts the 1929 stock market crash that plunged America into the Great Depression. #WeAreAmerica250

Elinor Lutu-McMoore is the Director of the American Samoa Weather Service and Meteorologist-in-Charge at the U.S. National Weather Service Pago Pago. Lutu-McMoore tells how an 1889 cyclone thst destroyed a fleet of warships in Samoa spurred Congress to build the modern American Navy.#WeAreAmerica250

Rosanne Cash is an author and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter. Cash recounts the 1970 Kent State killings, when National Guardsmen opened fire, leaving four students dead and forcing a national reckoning over protest and police violence. #WeAreAmerica250

Bob Crawford is best known for being the bassist for the Avett Brothers, historian, podcast host, childhood cancer advocate, and author of “America's Founding Son.” Crawford shares the history of President John Quincy Adams, who used his post-presidency to fight against slavery. #WeAreAmerica250

Megan Kate Nelson is an American historian, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of “The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier.” Nelson follows the journey of Lewis and Clark, who mapped the American West and transformed the nation. #WeAreAmerica250 @mkn.bsky.social

Antony Blinken served as the 71st U.S. Secretary of State. Here, Blinken profiles Dean Acheson, the statesman who helped build the rules-based international order—from the Marshall Plan to NATO—that stabilized the postwar world. #WeAreAmerica250

@minjinlee.bsky.social is the award-winning author of “Free Food for Millionaires” and “Pachinko.” Here, Lee profiles Nam June Paik, the Korean American artist who became the father of video art and foresaw our connected digital future. #WeAreAmerica250

Patterson Hood is a writer and performer, and co-founder and lead singer of the rock & roll band Drive-By Truckers. Patterson celebrates the Swampers, the Muscle Shoals session musicians who crossed racial lines to create some of America's most iconic soul and rock records. #WeAreAmerica250

Shana Bushyhead Condill recounts the Trail of Tears, the brutal forced removal of Indigenous peoples whose survival remains a testament to Native resilience that endures today. #WeAreAmerica250

Katie Boyd is a prominent health, wellness, and fitness coach and proud owner of Katie Boyd’s Miss Fit Club(KBMFC), which helps pageant titleholders prepare for the national stage. Boyd narrates the origins and legacy of the Miss America Pageant. #WeAreAmerica250 #MissAmericaPageant

Alison Brown is a Grammy-award winning banjoist, co-founder of Compass Records and recovering investment banker. She explains the history of the Banjo and the profound effect the instrument has had on American music. #WeAreAmerica250

Dr. Sherrilyn Ifill is a nationally recognized civil rights attorney, expert, and scholar. Ifill is the former president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the founder and director of the 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy at Howard University School of Law. #WeAreAmerica250

Corey O’Connor is the 62nd mayor of Pittsburgh and serves as ambassador for the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s summer reading program, alongside his wife, Katie. He shares how Andrew Carnegie gave much of his fortune to building almost 2,000 libraries across the United States. #WeAreAmerica250

What has made America great has always been the American people. Those who work, even against seemingly insurmountable odds, to do their part to create a more perfect Union. We are America—and America is ours to shape. Don't forget it. Happy Fourth, and happy 250th. #WeAreAmerica250

Governor JB Pritzker is Illinois’ 43rd Governor and known for his historic investments in education, healthcare, and economic opportunity. Pritzker revisits the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln's speech that rededicated the nation to the principle that all men are created equal. #WeAreAmerica250

Sarah Longwell is publisher of The Bulwark, host of The Focus Group podcast, and bestselling author of "How to Eat an Elephant: One Voter at a Time," releasing this fall. Longwell tells us how the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814 inspired our national anthem. #WeAreAmerica250

Rosie Casals is the winner of 12 Grand Slam Doubles titles, is one of only three players inducted into the Hall of Fame twice and helped establish the WTA in 1973. Casals details how Billie Jean King has used her platform to push for gender equality and social change. #WeAreAmerica250

@sarageorgini.bsky.social is a historian, author, and Series Editor for the ‘Papers of John Adams,’ at @mhs1791.bsky.social. Georgini shares how John Adams, writing to his wife Abigail in 1776, envisioned generations of Americans celebrating independence with pomp and parade. #WeAreAmerica250

Governor Josh Shapiro is the 48th Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the home state to one of America’s most beloved neighbors, Fred Rogers. As a kid, Governor Shapiro grew up watching "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” #WeAreAmerica250

Claire Conner McCaskill is a former attorney, political analyst for MS NOW and NBC News, and the first female Senator from Missouri. @clairecmc.bsky.social recounts the "Three Flags Day" of 1804, when St. Louis passed from Spain to France to the United States in a single day. #WeAreAmerica250

Danny Werfel served as 50th Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and is currently an Executive in Residence at the Johns Hopkins University School of Government and Policy. Werfel details how the Civil War spurred congressional Republicans to invent the income tax. #WeAreAmerica250

Governor Wes Moore is a combat veteran, bestselling author, former nonprofit CEO, and is Maryland's first Black governor. Moore celebrates Thurgood Marshall, the legendary civil rights lawyer who won Brown v. Board of Education and became the first Black Supreme Court Justice. #WeAreAmerica250

Senator Doug Jones is a prominent attorney and public servant who became the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama in 25 years. Jones narrates the history of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that took place in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963. #WeAreAmerica250

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is an award-winning actress, comedian, producer, and podcast host. Julia revisits All in the Family, the groundbreaking 1971 sitcom that used Archie Bunker and his family to tackle the era's most divisive issues. #WeAreAmerica250

A'Lelia Bundles is an award-winning journalist, Emmy-winning producer, and author of acclaimed biographies telling the stories of the civic-minded business women in her family, including her great-great-grandmother Madam C. J. Walker. #WeAreAmerica250 @aleliabundles.bsky.social

Adam Kinzinger is a retired military officer, former U.S. Representative, and current political commentator. Kinzinger details the formation of NATO, the defensive security alliance that has helped to keep the world safe since 1949. #WeAreAmerica250

Cameron Katz is the Head of Content + Partnerships at Made By Us. Katz honors Frances Perkins, the labor secretary whose response to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire led to Social Security, the minimum wage, and the forty-hour work week. #WeAreAmerica250