BOCA RATON, Fla.—One part of the sprawling celebration for the 250th anniversary of America’s founding kicked off this month with a fleet of six “Mobile Museums” touring 48 states.

Dubbed “Freedom Trucks,” the mobile museums exhibit the history behind the founding, highlighting how 13 colonies united to secure U.S. sovereignty.

One of the fleet’s six mobile museums capped its four-day stop at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton on Feb. 23, shortly after visiting enthusiastic crowds at the state fair in Tampa.

The two-man crew of Timothy Crawford and Nick Bravo was gearing up for the next stop, five hours north in Jacksonville.

“I’m really excited about the 250th anniversary of America, and wanted to be part of this project sharing the history of America’s founding, as well as renewed patriotism, pride, and spirit,” Crawford told The Epoch Times.

Here’s everything you need to know about Freedom Trucks, the organization that launched them, and other events the group is planning this year to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary.

‘Freedom Truck’ Mobile Museums

Freedom 250 is the official “public-private partnership” that is leading this year’s celebrations for America’s 250th birthday alongside the White House and key federal agencies. The group partnered with PragerU and Hillsdale College to launch the Freedom Trucks.

With six trucks at their disposal, the organization is directing each mobile museum to individual geographic regions, with plans to get them all on the road simultaneously, Bravo told The Epoch Times.

The tour will run through the end of December, stopping in dozens of cities and towns across the mainland United States. Some attendees had traveled long distances to see the mobile museum exhibits after hearing about them in news outlets, Bravo said.

Crawford and Bravo said the energy was high at their previous road stop at the Florida State Fair.

“It was great. Every single place we go to, it’s a different kind of demographic,” Bravo said. “A state fair is completely different than a college university, but it seems like the overall feedback is really positive.”

After Florida, the trucks are setting up at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, from Feb. 25–28, and at Batesburg-Leesville High School in South Carolina from March 1–4.

Other planned cities include Phoenix, Hillsdale, Louisville, Dallas, and Tulsa.

Freedom 250 is regularly updating the destination cities for its Freedom Trucks on the mobile museum event page. Those interested in requesting a specific stop for one of the group’s six mobile museums can do so here.

In March, Freedom 250 will convene with multiple federal officials and President Donald Trump in the White House for a formal “send-off,” Crawford said.

What to Expect Inside

The truck’s mobile exhibits focus primarily on the American Revolutionary War and the founding of the United States, allowing visitors to step inside and leisurely explore at their own pace. Most of the exhibits can be found along the walls of each mobile museum.

The mobile museum contains a “Wall of American Heroes” that includes icons from the past two centuries in art, entertainment, politics, science, and industry. You’ll see photos of Albert Einstein, Johnny Cash, Walt Disney, Frank Lloyd Wright, Robert Frost, George S. Patton, Fulton Sheen, John Glenn, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, Martin Luther King Jr., and dozens of other American heroes.

Another exhibit displays a timeline of tensions that led to the escalation of war between the British Empire and the 13 original American colonies. It also has a wall titled “George vs. George” contrasting the first U.S. president with King George III, who ruled the colonies when they sought independence.

There’s an interactive quiz on the U.S. Constitution, walls of vivid photos and text boxes describing key battles and turning points in the Revolutionary War, and some of the arguments considered when the Continental Congress decided to declare independence from Britain.

What Attendees Are Saying

So far, the truck has been popular with couples, students, retirees, and especially families.

Some homeschooling families have used the mobile exhibits as educational opportunities, bringing their children for a school day instead of studying at home, Crawford said.

Another common group he has seen is older Americans who remember the nation’s bicentennial in 1976, and are excited to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary while sharing their memories from 50 years ago.

The truck was popular with Florida Atlantic University students over the weekend, while most classes were not in session. By Monday afternoon, there was a slightly older crowd that included couples and retirees.

Scott Rose, who learned about the mobile museums from an email sent out by Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer, told The Epoch Times that he was excited to see the exhibits due to his love for American history and the Revolutionary War.

He called the museum a “wonderful display” of early U.S. history and favorably compared its showcases to Ken Burns’s 2025 documentary, “The American Revolution.”

“The first settlers came to the area [where] I grew up in 1630. So in my hometown, they were all revolutionaries,” said Rose, who originally hails from Westport, Connecticut. “The British actually focused on them when they landed, and they torched the whole town, just on purpose.”

Another attendee, Emily White, said she was eager to learn more about the last 250 years of American history, and joked about how she had just failed the museum’s interactive test on the U.S. Constitution.

White smiled as she recounted the museum’s colorful pictures and descriptions of events surrounding the American Revolutionary War, including the battles of Lexington and Concord, and Paul Revere’s pivotal role in warning of the impending British troops before those conflicts broke out.

“We need to understand that the founders really wanted to preserve liberty and property, and they fought not to be taxed,” she said. “Just to see the original impetus for the founding of the country was really interesting.”

Other Freedom 250 Events

The National Archives is hosting the Freedom Plane National Tour, which will bring nine original documents from the nation’s founding to eight cities on board a Boeing 737 painted with the words “Freedom Plane” on its fuselage.

The tour begins in Kansas City, Missouri, from March 6–22, and then heads to Atlanta; Los Angeles; Houston; Denver; Miami; Dearborn, Mich.; and Seattle, in that order.

The National Mall in Washington will welcome the Great American State Fair from June 25 to July 10. Dubbed the “biggest, boldest state fair in the country” by Freedom 250, the event will include state highlights such as Maine’s lobster rolls, Hawaii’s “shimmering hula stage,” Texas’s famous beef steaks, and Alaska’s large ice sculptures.

The fair is an opportunity for all 50 states, U.S. territories, and federal agencies to “showcase their food, culture, and pride to one unforgettable, coast-to-coast celebration,” according to event organizers.

On Independence Day, a massive armada of tall ships and naval vessels from more than 30 countries will sail into New York Harbor in a parade that will feature a Blue Angels flyover and a week of fireworks, festivals, and “global unity under the Statue of Liberty’s torch.”

The White House said last year that it would host an array of events celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. The Patriot Games, an athletic competition of high school students from throughout the country, will be led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Trump is also working with his America 250 task force to create a new outdoor National Garden of American Heroes park that is planned to feature statues of 250 heroes from throughout U.S. history.

One of the locations being considered for the garden is the West Potomac Park in Washington, but the White House has not yet said exactly where it will be built.