Macomb prosecutor plans parade to celebrate country’s 250th birthday

Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido says he isn’t crimson.

And he isn’t blue.

He’s crimson, white and blue.

To point out his pleasure for America — and his lifelong love of parades — he introduced plans on Nov. 6 to make the county the middle of America’s 250th Independence Day and birthday celebration in Michigan, at an occasion known as Macomb 250.

That features a automobile parade known as Pete’s Patriotic Parade.

Sporting a tie with an American flag print, Lucido introduced the occasion in Mount Clemens. He mentioned he hopes residents, teams, municipalities and the county’s elected leaders will come collectively for actions and a parade alongside Gratiot Avenue, from Eastpointe within the south to Richmond within the north. Lucido mentioned registered parade automobiles can be adorned in crimson, white and blue.

The occasion has an internet site, Macomb250.comand a Facebook page the place folks can signal as much as volunteer or sponsor and later share occasions celebrating America’s 250th birthday on July 4, 2026.

A press launch asserting the occasion signifies that no authorities funds will probably be used within the celebration. Lucido filed paperwork on Nov. 3 to kind a home restricted legal responsibility firm, Macomb 250 LLC, which lists him as an agent at an handle in Shelby Township, based on state registrations.

In a video on the web site Macomb250.com, Lucido makes his announcement in Mount Clemens, the county seat, with county buildings within the background. He stands in entrance of a red-white-blue banner that reads “America’s 250 1776 ∙ 2026” and an enormous crimson 2, an enormous white 5 and an enormous blue 0.

“You already know, now we have laborious occasions right here on this nation on daily basis. However let’s attempt to keep in mind that we’re all Individuals,” he mentioned within the video. ‘So I am not crimson. I am not blue. I am crimson, white and blue on the subject of the Patriotic Parade and in addition all of these occasions that we’ll unfold on the market to the complete nation and that we’ll have a good time right here in Macomb County.

“Let’s be the middle. Let’s be the distinction. And let’s be those to have a good time and thank this nice nation we stay in. Let’s salute our troopers, wave our flags and say I’m a proud American and we stand collectively.”

Lucido, a Republican and supporter of President Donald Trump, encourages each group to do one thing particular.

Trump is main the Salute to America 250 Job Pressure (Job Pressure 250) for a full 12 months of festivities that will start on Memorial Day of 2025 and proceed by way of July 4, 2026, based on the White House website.

It encourages federal, state and native governments, the personal sector, nonprofit organizations and academic establishments, in addition to residents throughout the US to take part within the celebration. The duty power partnered with Hillsdale Faculty in Hillsdale, Michigan, to create a historical past sequence telling the story of American independence.

America250 can also be a bipartisan initiative dedicated to partaking Individuals in commemorating the nation’s 250th anniversary.

The U.S. Semiquincentennial Fee, created by Congress in 2016 to plan and orchestrate the 250th anniversary, has 16 personal residents, 4 U.S. Representatives and 4 U.S. Senators, in addition to a dozen ex-officio members from the three branches of the federal authorities and its impartial companies, based on America250.org.

Contact Christina Corridor: chall@freepress.com. Comply with her on X: @challreporter.

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