To support the America 250-Mississippi Commission in their work to promote the historic and important 250-year milestone, the Mississippi Library Commission has designed a plan that honors the accomplishment through a patriotic literacy campaign. We are calling it “COME READ WITH US: Great Readers can become Great Leaders.” Of course, this is an endorsement of the Mississippi Department of Education’s “Strong Readers Strong Leaders” Program and the strides they are making towards improved literacy.
For more information, visit Help Mississippi Celebrate 250 Years of American History – America 250 – Mississippi
For an America 250 suggested reading list, visit our MLC Good Reads recommendations
MY AMERICA is a nationwide, youth-driven art and civic engagement campaign
that will honor our past, reflect on our present, and inspire our future.
Through artistic expression, civic action, and public commemoration, MY AMERICA will empower young people across all 50 states to reflect on what unity, democracy, and being American means today by creating a large mosaic of an American flag made up of thousands of individual tiles with messages, drawings, and poems. MY AMERICA is a movement of purpose and participation. It demonstrates that youth voices still shape the direction of our democracy, just as they did in 1776. It reminds us that the American story is ongoing, and that the next chapter will be written by those who believe in the ideals that bind us together.
Completed MY AMERICA USA Flag Kits must be returned using the pre-paid postage by Thursday, October 1, 2026.
For more information, visit:
https://www.myamerica2026.org/
To register your class & request a Flag Kit, complete the JotForm at:
https://form.jotform.com/EmpowerPeace/my-america-usa-flag-kit
Help make 2026 a record-setting year of volunteer service. Join people and organizations across the country in giving back – from service projects to donations – to honor America’s 250th.
Add your volunteer hours!
America Gives is an initiative that challenges businesses, non-profits, schools, youth groups, faith-based networks, and organizations of all kinds to commit to increasing their level of volunteering and impact starting on January 1, 2026. Together, we will build on America’s legacy of giving back and inspire a renewed culture of service for years to come.
For more information & to register your individual hours or your organization’s hours, visit:
Your story is America’s story.
For nearly 250 years, Americans from all walks of life and every corner of the country have had a hand in shaping our nation’s history. America’s Invitation is your opportunity to get involved in the countdown to 2026. We want to hear from you—your reflections on our past, present, and future. We will use these stories to tell the American story on social media, through videos, and to create the largest commemoration in our history.
No story is too small. Share yours with us.
You can say it any way you want. Play a song. Show a picture.
Read a poem. Or just tell your thoughts.
For more information & to learn how to submit your story, visit:
To Review our list of Mississippi military veterans who are already included, or to nominate a veteran whose story you believe should be included, visit our MLC Veterans History Project
All 6 episodes now streaming at https://www.pbs.org/show/the-american-revolution/
Also streaming on Kanopy & starting in April on Hoopla.
Y’ALL LOOK WHO’S COMING TO VISIT…
For More Information, visit The National Folk Festival
