SHAHEEN, HASSAN CELEBRATE AMERICA'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY AT NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a member of the U.S. Semiquincentennial?Commission, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today celebrated the founding of the United States of America and marked the nation's semiquincentennial at the New Hampshire 250th Independence Day Celebration at the state house in Concord. Photos from today's event can be found HERE (https://www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/photos/260704_-fourth-of-july-250).

"The women who were working the farms, the men who marched off to fight, [...] none of them knew how the fight against Britain would end. They simply believed that the future was worth betting on. And today, as we know, the legislature still meets...