Times Square ball goes red, white and blue for America's 250th birthday

This year's crystal shot successful Times Square driblet to observe 2026 volition diagnostic a patriotic interaction for America's 250th birthday. 

The shot volition sparkle successful red, achromatic and bluish to usher successful the caller twelvemonth and footwear disconnected months of celebrations for the nation’s birthday. And a 2nd confetti driblet volition hap astatine 12:04 a.m. connected New Year's Day, America250 seat Rosie Rios told Fox News.

The iconic shot driblet successful Times Square is 1 of the biggest and astir watched events connected New Year's Eve, which typically sees up to 1 cardinal radical packing the area, sometimes successful frigid temperatures. 

A 2nd shot driblet lawsuit is being planned for July 3, the eve of the nation's birthday, "in the aforesaid beauteous benignant that Times Square knows however to bash it," Rios said.

It volition people the archetypal clip successful 120 years determination volition beryllium shot driblet successful Times Square that doesn't hap connected New Year's Eve, she said.

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America250, One Times Square, and Times Square Alliance Reveal Ball Designed successful Honor of Nation’s Semiquincentennial Year (AP)

The solemnisation volition travel up of months of large and tiny events to observe the signing of the Declaration of Independence successful 1776.

"I’m telling you close now, immoderate you’re imagining, it’s going to beryllium overmuch much than that," said America250 Chair Rosie Rios, who oversees the bipartisan committee created by Congress successful 2016 to signifier the semiquincentennial anniversary, told The Associated Press. "It's going to beryllium 1 for the ages, the astir inspirational solemnisation this state and possibly the satellite has ever seen."

The radical worked with the Times Square Alliance concern territory and One Times Square, the gathering from wherever the shot is dropped, to marque the changes to this year's ceremonies. 

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A patriotic crystal shot volition beryllium utilized for the New Year's Eve shot driblet successful Times Square to usher successful 2026, months up of America's 250th birthday.   (AP)

The shot driblet has occurred successful Times Square astir each twelvemonth since 1907. The lone years erstwhile nary shot driblet occurred were 1942 and 1943, erstwhile New York City instituted a nightly "dimout" during World War II to support itself from attacks. 

In summation to the shot drop, America Gives, a nationalist work inaugural created by America250, which motorboat astatine the changeable of midnight connected Jan. 1. 

American250 volition enactment successful the New Years Day Rose Parade successful Pasadena, California, with a interval themed "Soaring Onward Together for 250 Years."

President Donald Trump has besides announced the "Freedom 250" inaugural to coordinate further events for the 250th anniversary.

Rios said a wide scope of celebrations and programs are planned adjacent twelvemonth to commemorate America's birthday, ranging from ample fireworks displays and statewide potluck suppers to pupil contests and national oral histories. 

The events, she said, are an accidental to unite a politically divided nation.

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"If we tin find thing for everyone ... having those menus of options that radical tin prime and take however they privation to participate," she told the AP. "That’s however we’re going to get to engaging 350 cardinal Americans."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.