{"id":280458,"date":"2026-09-06T19:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T19:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/280458\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T19:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T19:24:09","slug":"america-250-we-the-people-scranton-pa-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/280458\/","title":{"rendered":"America 250: We the People | Scranton, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        America 250: We the People | Everhart Museum in Scranton<br \/>\nWednesday, June 17, 2026 \u2013 Sunday, June 21, 2026 | Wednesday\u2013Sunday, 11:00 AM\u20135:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>America 250: We the People opens at the <a href=\"https:\/\/discovernepa.com\/listing\/the-everhart-museum\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Everhart Museum<\/a> in Scranton from Wednesday, June 17, 2026, through Sunday, June 21, 2026, with gallery hours from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM Wednesday through Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Presented in celebration of America\u2019s 250th birthday, the exhibition explores the nation\u2019s founding, formation and development through historic artifacts and artwork. Visitors can view original flags, clothing, weapons, paintings and prints spanning from the American Revolutionary War Era to the present day.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition also highlights the impact of Sullivan\u2019s March through Northeastern Pennsylvania and features replicas of Colonial Williamsburg alongside reproduction Revolutionary War weapons and clothing.<\/p>\n<p>Artwork by local master John Willard Raught is featured alongside pieces by Robert Indiana, Ed Ruscha, N.C. Wyeth and Jacob Lawrence, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The museum is closed Mondays and Tuesdays, with special openings on Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and Labor Day.<\/p>\n<p>America 250: We the People in Scranton offers a wide-ranging look at American history through artifacts, fine art and regional stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"America 250: We the People | Everhart Museum in Scranton Wednesday, June 17, 2026 \u2013 Sunday, June 21,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-280458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}