Members of the Sinclair College community had differing opinions regarding how the U.S. should celebrate its 250th birthday in 2026.
Business management, marketing and entrepreneurship administrator Sophie Tokar believes America’s 250th birthday should be celebrated because she loves her country.
“I’m a very patriotic person,” Tokar said.
Tokar said she loves seeing local businesses display red, white and blue decorations to celebrate America’s birthday. She plans on watching fireworks with her family at their lake house to celebrate.
Tokar said she fears for the future of the country due to its current political and social environment.
“There’s just a lot of division and kind of anger all through the country right now,” Tokar said. She hopes Americans can come together as a country and be kinder to one another in the next 25 years.
Computer science student Eamon Harris also said America’s birthday should be celebrated.
“It’s been a long time for our freedom,” Harris said.
Harris does not have any specific plans to celebrate but said he believes freedom is America’s biggest strength.
“We have a lot of things that we can do,” Harris said.
Harris hopes that in the future it will be easier for immigrants to come into the country legally. He said future generations should not take their freedoms for granted.
Nick Kersey, a senior grants accountant at Sinclair, was unaware that America would be turning 250 next year but said it was still something to celebrate because the country is young.
“We have a lot of things that are cracking,” Kersey said.
According to Kersey, America needs to work on making its government more transparent and stop political parties from being so divided. He had some words of advice for future generations as well.
“The next generation needs to not be so reactive,” Kersey said.
Even though each interviewee had different things to say, they all agreed that America reaching the age of 250 was significant. Some believed that America had come far as a country, while others were worried about how America was being ran.
Jean-Luc Nsabindora, reporter
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