Former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama to Co-Chair the 250th American Independence Celebration

Former United States Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama co-chairing the celebration of the 250th anniversary of American Independence in 2026. Through their joint bipartisan leadership of the anniversary celebration, the conservative Republican Bush and liberal Democratic Obama hope to unify Americans who have been extremely divided in recent years because of ideological differences and disinformation from hostile foreign powers that weakens America by undermining their beliefs in its founding principles of equality, liberty and representative government, and by exacerbating the divisions. Bush and Obama will have the opportunity to remind Americans of their shared, fundamental values.