Pass Freedom Forward
A Fourth-of-July Reflection on Shared Liberty
On Independence Day 2025 we celebrate thousands of new Americans, confront fresh challenges to voting rights, and look ahead to the nation’s 250th birthday. Here are five ways you can help pass freedom forward.
The Torch in Many Hands
Our new artwork shows the Statue of Liberty’s flame moving from arm to arm.
Freedom is a relay, not a relic.
Liberty in 2025 – What’s at Stake?
Voting-rights uncertainty - Last week the Supreme Court ordered a re-argument in Louisiana v. Callais, leaving key parts of the Voting Rights Act in limbo. ACLU press release
Nation-wide demonstrations - Hundreds of “Free America” rallies are planned across the country this holiday weekend to protest policies seen as threats to civil rights and democratic norms. Economic Times
Mixed public mood - A new Gallup survey shows national pride at a record low even as community volunteering ticks upward. Gallup
Freedom is fragile, that’s why the flame must keep moving.
New Citizens, Renewed Promise
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is welcoming thousands of new Americans at ceremonies from Mount Vernon to Yosemite this week. USCIS
“Today you inherit not only rights but responsibilities.”
— Mount Vernon Naturalization Ceremony, July 3 2025
The Road to 250
One year from now the United States will mark its Semiquincentennial.
The America 250 Commission calls this “a once-in-a-generation milestone.” America 250
Passing the torch in 2025 sets the tone for 2026.
Five Ways to Pass Freedom Forward
1. Register a neighbor to vote before your state’s deadline.
2. Volunteer at a naturalization ceremony and offer translation, photography, or simple hospitality.
3. Protect the vote by serving as a non-partisan poll worker next cycle.
4. Fund a civics classroom with books, software, or guest-speaker hours.
5. Share this poster online or in print and share your own freedom story in the comments.
Small acts, many hands, one flame.
If the poster resonates with you, print it, post it, or gift it, then invite friends to add their hands to the work of liberty.
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