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250th birthday. Supporters welcome the event as a tribute to America's roots, while critics say the Christian-saturated, MAGA-heavy festival casts an exclusionary vision of America's past and present. Americans United
250th anniversary, on the National Mall on Sunday. **Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP** Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Crowds of people gathered on the National Mall on Sunday for a [conservative prayer gathering](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/15/g-s1-122276/the-trump-administration-is-planning-a-prayer-event-on-the-national-mall-all-but-one-of-the-speakers-is-christian) as part
250th anniversary and President Donald Trump’s [80th birthday](/sports/2025/10/6/trump-says-ufc-fight-at-white-house-to-be-staged-on-his-80th-birthday). Online renderings depict what the completed, wire-mesh-fence-ringed fight space is expected to look like before the June 14 event. It will