USA Day 250
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Welcome to the 250th Birthday celebration of America. Join us over the next year and a half in sharing family traditions and community celebrations.
30 March 1769, Baltimore, Maryland. Merchants in Baltimore joined the growing colonial resistance by adopting a non-importation agreement to boycott British goods until the Townshend Duties were repealed. These duties, named after Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend, stemmed from acts passed in 1767 imposing taxes on imported items like glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea to raise revenue and assert parliamentary authority. Baltimore's action followed similar pacts in Boston (1768) and Philadelphia (early 1769), pressuring British merchants through reduced trade. The boycotts contributed to Parliament's partial repeal in 1770 (except tea), heightening tensions toward revolution. #RevWar #History #AmRev
Every spring, the National Cherry Blossom Festival commemorates the 1912 gift of 3,020 cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo, Japan, to the city of Washington, D.C. This cherished tradition has deep historic ties to the White House and the nation’s first ladies, beginning with First Lady Helen Taft. Learn more in on our website! whitehousehistory.org/first-ladies-a…
