What can the 2026 World Cup do for the 250th anniversary celebration of the United States?

1976, the "Intellectual Property Protection Plan" commemorating the bicentennial of the founding of the United States once again shared the patriotic story of the founding of the United States. It is characterized by a real American explosion, because the company has fed an emerging American consumerism with almost everything in the Stars and Stripes. For many people, the permanent image of 200 years is that high ships arrive at ports up and down the east coast. However, in the trauma of Watergate and Vietnam War, the country is also deeply suspicious of top-down national commemorative activities, which uncritically praise the United States. With the development of the "new social history" movement in the college, the ranks of activists and organizers have been growing. Women, African-Americans, aborigines, etc. all over the country refused to participate in superficial celebrations and often left commemorative activities in their own hands.

In fact, despite the unprecedented pomp, when it comes to real history, the 200th anniversary is ruined. To a large extent, its symbol is to celebrate the founding fathers, but it is only the most superficial participation in the revolutionary heritage. National planners and companies are more interested in shilling nostalgia than encouraging people to ask important questions about American history and American history.

Eight years later, Americans will have another opportunity to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States or a "half-century" event, "Memorial Day". However, when 2026 comes, many countries in the world will focus on the United States for another reason: that summer, the United States will co-host the World Cup with Canada and Mexico. The combination of these two occasions is an incredible opportunity to share an inclusive and related story about America's past, present and future.

The World Cup has always represented the profound experience of people from all countries, especially immigrants and global expatriates. Zito Madu, a writer, recently explored this phenomenon and studied the complicated experience of immigrants struggling with their identity and sense of national belonging while watching the World Cup in the United States. The World Cup and a person's decision on which team to support reveal the tension between the two identities of immigrants: "Where do you live and where do you or your parents come from?"

These and similar questions also constitute an important clue to American history and recent events. From the family separation and southern border detention of US President Donald Trump's travel ban, it shows that American immigration history is as relevant as ever.

The "KDSP" World Cup will be held not only in Philadelphia and Boston, but also in all parts of the United States, providing an opportunity to share stories outside the "13 colony". For example, the NRG Stadium in Houston is one of the seven stadiums in the United States/KLOC-0, which can host the 2026 World Cup. The city is also home to the country's most populous foreigners and descendants of Nigeria, one of the strongest national teams in Africa. Cultural institutions in Houston can cooperate to develop exhibits about the city's history, and they can even share stories in the stadium to provide a completely unique match day experience. If the city holds a competition with the theme of Nigeria's famous Super Eagle, oral historians can hold activities outside the stadium to collect new history from Nigerians and Nigerian-Americans present. This may be an opportunity for the game to have a lasting impact and legacy. This historical and cultural programming potential will exist in any competition. The World Cup and the 250th World Cup will make it possible for people to get in touch with the history of American immigrant communities on an unprecedented scale. Whether Vietnamese in San Jose, Germans in Cincinnati or Cubans in Miami, exhibitions and projects created by local museums, historical societies and cultural organizations will become an indelible part of American history in the summer of half a century in 2026.

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