The Brief

America will celebrate its 250th birthday next year, and a keepsake to mark the occasion has been unveiled.

A Christmas tree ornament was unveiled this week.

America 250 ornament

The backstory:

The planning organization behind the big anniversary worked with the White House Historical Association to create the ornament.

The White House Historical Association has sold a popular ornament every year since 1981, honoring a president or key White House anniversary. More than 1 million of those ornaments are now sold every year, and it is rare for the White House association to release an ornament outside of its annual holiday series.

Presently:

The limited-edition, hand-crafted ornament features the Declaration of Independence, the document the Second Continental Congress used

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