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Young America’s Foundation (YAF) is excited to announce a new expanded partnership with The Daily Wire to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s independence: Freedom at 250.

Coinciding with YAF's life-changing student conferences in 2026, a series of Freedom at 250 rallies will take place in Nashville, Tennessee, Santa Barbara, California, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, throughout 2026. 

CONFIRMED - NASHVILLE RALLY:

more to be announced!

This year-long, nationwide tour of programs and activities will bring The Daily Wire’s juggernaut media brand, legendary mainstay talent, and rising stars together with YAF’s six decades of experience shaping America’s future by winning over America’s youth with freedom’s principles and equipping generations of freedom fighters to rise to positions of influence in media, entertainment, government, law, education, and the private sector. 

Student registration for the first two programs + Freedom at 250 rallies in Nashville and at the Reagan Ranch — is now open below. 

These marquee events are just the first pieces of Freedom at 250, with additional events, special guests, and opportunities to get involved rolling out in the new year.

From our founders’ revolutionary bid for independence based on the belief that all people are created equal with their rights coming from God rather than a government and surviving a civil war to make the U.S. a more perfect union to liberating Europe from tyranny and defeating the Soviet’s “Evil Empire,” the freedom fought for, defended, and passed on by those before us has sustained and guided our country for two and a half centuries. 

Now, our continued defense of that freedom requires action.

Freedom at 250 builds on YAF and The Daily Wire’s years-long collaboration to bring bold voices to students nationwide at YAF’s student conferences and narrative-disrupting campus lectures which will also continue as part of Freedom at 250.

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Freedom Rallies

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Nashville

February 2026 — Open to College Students

Join YAF and special guests in the heart of Music City for a Freedom Rally and Conference to kick off our year-long celebration of American freedom.

Featuring: The Daily Wire's Michael Knowles, Mary Margaret Olohan, Cabot Phillips, and Reagan Conrad.

Location: Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

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The Reagan Ranch

March 2026 — Open to High School Students

Visit President Reagan's beloved ranch, his home for 25 years and the "Western White House" for eight, and walk in the footsteps of our 40th President at the property that played a pivotal role in his life and career.

Location: President Reagan's Rancho del Cielo

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Washington, D.C.

August 2026 - registration coming soon!

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Philadelphia

October 2026 - registration coming soon!

STAY TUNED FOR MORE IN 2026!

"Our spirit is back, but we haven't reinstitutionalized it. We've got to do a better job of getting across that America is freedom — freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of enterprise. And freedom is special and rare. It's fragile; it needs protection."

–President Reagan's Farewell Address to the Nation

OTHER STUDENT PROGRAMS COMING in 2026

Middle School Expedition at the Reagan Ranch
Santa Barbara, CA | March 14
Middle School Expedition at the Reagan Ranch
Santa Barbara, CA | June 19-20
Middle School Expedition in the Heartland
Minneapolis, MN | September 23-24
Middle School Expedition in the Nation's Capital
Washington, DC | May 8-9
High School Conference at the Reagan Boyhood Home
Dixon, IL | July 15-17
Middle School Expedition at the Reagan Ranch
Santa Barbara, CA | October 23-24
High School Conference at the Reagan Ranch
Santa Barbara, CA | June 16-19
Middle School Expedition at the Reagan Boyhood Home
Dixon, IL | July 17-18
Freedom Conference at the
Reagan Ranch
Santa Barbara, CA | November 13-14