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The next generation is
taking the mic.

250 years ago, a bold letter from the next generation changed world history.

Today, for America's 250th anniversary, we're inviting young people to put their own declaration forward by creating Letters to America.

Through written essays, short videos, speeches, and art pieces, young people put the American story in their own words. Select submissions will be shared by media partners, museums, and civic organizations for National Youth Day on June 27, 2026.

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The next generation is
taking the mic.

250 years ago, a bold letter from the next generation changed world history.

Today, for America's 250th anniversary, we're inviting young people to put their own declaration forward by creating Letters to America.

Through written essays, short videos, speeches, and art pieces, young people put the American story in their own words. Select submissions will be shared by media partners, museums, and civic organizations for National Youth Day on June 27, 2026.

Explore Letters

Submit

The next generation is
taking the mic.

250 years ago, a bold letter from the next generation changed world history.

Today, for America's 250th anniversary, we're inviting young people to put their own declaration forward by creating Letters to America.

Through written essays, short videos, speeches, and art pieces, young people put the American story in their own words. Select submissions will be shared by media partners, museums, and civic organizations for National Youth Day on June 27, 2026.

Explore Letters

Submit

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Add your words, link, image or video to the collection using this form.

Events

Discover locations for a Wish Wall near you, National Youth Day events and the traveling Youth250 Declaration.

Pitch

Use our tip sheet to send your letter to local and national media, newsletters, school and community publications and more.

Partner

Ask an organization near you to lend their platform to your voice for National Youth Day on June 27. Here's our tip sheet.

WANT MORE SUPPORT? Join the content corps

Get help creating or publishing your letter. The Youth250 Content Corps is a volunteer community of people ages 14 to 30, writing, speaking, and creating content that tells the story of our generation. Join our Slack to get coaching, resources, opportunities and connection.

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Can we participate in Letters to America or Youth Takeover Day?

We haven’t thought of doing anything for America’s 250th, why should we?

How can we get the traveling Youth250 Declaration?

How can we host a Wish Walll?

I wouldn’t call myself patriotic, is this program for me?

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Grab this image and blurb from our Share Kit to invite young people everywhere to participate.

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About Us

About Us

Youth250 is the national effort to increase youth representation, visibility and input in the United States 250th anniversary, commemorated in 2026. Today’s teens and young adults are the future inheritors of our democracy, and are an important constituency to be included in and inspired by the events of this commemoration, the starting line for America’s next 250 years.

Made By Us – the organization that leads Youth250 – also created the mass-activation Civic Season, an annual tradition held between Juneteenth and July 4th.

We know you probably haven’t heard much about the US turning 250 years old in 2026. But this milestone is not just about fireworks and founding fathers.

It’s a chance to ask: Who gets to shape the story of America? And what do we want the next chapter to look like?

Youth250 is how we make it count. It’s a national movement to put your voice, vision, and values at the center.

We know you probably haven’t heard much about the US turning 250 years old in 2026. But this milestone is not just about fireworks and founding fathers.

It’s a chance to ask: Who gets to shape the story of America? And what do we want the next chapter to look like? Youth250 is how we make it count. It’s a national movement to put your voice, vision, and values at the center.

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