Travel Dispatch: America’s 250th
Go back in time ahead of the nation’s big birthday.
Travel Dispatch
July 1, 2026

As the country gears up for the semiquincentennial, revisit our Revolutionary Journeys series — stories retracing the steps of revolutionary figures, both in the United States and abroad.

A man and an adolescent boy on a brick pathway.

A Father and Son Visit a Founding Father →

Long tables with red chairs set up for a dinner inside a wood-paneled hall lined with armor busts and windows with stained glass.

How to Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday in the Country It Broke Up With →

A snowy field with tracks on pink-hued ground in the foreground. Bare trees and bushes are shrouded in mist, with hazy mountains in the distance.

Retracing a War Hero’s Audacious Trek Across the Wilderness →

A quaint, narrow street in Paris curves around a cafe with a row of lights lining the old plaster walls above the cafe's awning, on which the word "Franklin" appears in white letters. The outdoor tables are mostly filled, and a bicyclist is heading down the street.

Searching Paris for Ben Franklin, America’s ‘Least-Dead’ Founder →

A broad river delta at sunset reflects the vivid orange and purple sky. A large heron stands in the shallow water, strewed with river grasses.

Ghosts of the Gulf: The Unsung Revolutionary War Campaign →

A tropical beach scene shows turquoise water turning to deep blue, a white sandy beach, a blue sky with a bank of clouds on the horizon and, in the foreground, a palm tree. A person walks on the beach with an orange jug.

To Understand the American Revolution, I Went to Barbados →

A row of three colorful homes is surrounded by vegetation.

Charleston’s Charm Hides a Bloody History →

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