The White House has announced some major upcoming events to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States of America.
American speed. American power. American GREATNESS. 🇺🇸🏁
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 30, 2026
President Donald J. Trump just signed an Executive Order launching the FIRST-EVER IndyCar race through the streets of our Nation’s Capital: The Freedom 250 Grand Prix. pic.twitter.com/Q9gYqA00Vo
Celebrating our independence and honoring the legacy of American motorsport.
— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) January 30, 2026
This summer, INDYCAR is coming to Washington, D.C. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/w2s8bxkp90
Washington, D.C., will play host to the first-ever IndyCar race through the streets of the nation’s capital in what has been labeled the Freedom 250 Grand Prix and will be held Aug. 21 through 23.
The White House’s announcement video features a slew of patriotic imagery, including Marine One flying side-by-side with a bald eagle, Black Hawk helicopters escorting the Presidential Motorcade, and President Trump waving the green flag, all set to 80s rock jams.
“To think, 190 miles an hour down Pennsylvania Avenue,” Secretary Sean Duffy said in the announcement of the new race. “This is going to be wild.”
Ladies and gentlemen, START YOUR ENGINES! 🏁
— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) January 30, 2026
For the FIRST TIME EVER, a free IndyCar race is coming to our nation’s capital this summer… thanks to President Trump!
The Freedom 250 Grand Prix will be the definition of AMERICAN GREATNESS 🦅
FREEDOM DOESN’T RING, IT REVS! 🏎️🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/ZAcfDTd7T1
Sec. Duffy said that this would be the first race to take place in the capital since an 1801 horse race led by founding father Thomas Jefferson.
“I couldn’t be more excited about this,” Duffy said. “This is free for the American people to come to your nation’s capital and see a great road race.”
The America 250 celebration is also slated to be what the Trump administration claims will be the “largest fireworks display ever on Earth,” using 20 times as many fireworks as the annual average National Mall fireworks show.
🚨BREAKING: TRUMP’S AMERICA 250 CELEBRATION TO FEATURE “THE LARGEST FIREWORKS DISPLAY EVER ON EARTH”
— Vince Coglianese (@VinceCoglianese) January 30, 2026
Interior Sec. Doug Burgum tells me that this year’s Independence Day fireworks show on the National Mall will be “20 TIMES BIGGER” than the average year. pic.twitter.com/9E7kzYscSo
More great events will likely be released by the White House as the nation’s birthday draws nearer.