Every life is born free of your ancestors’ sins—and without any cushion of eternal goodness. That means you inherit the duty to become the hope of the planet.

Lincoln nailed it: “the last best hope of earth.”

Reagan doubled down: “America remains mankind’s best hope.”

This year America turns 250. Less than three human lifespans. Still a teenager. Yet we are the longest-running experiment on earth that puts family first and hands power to the individual—not the collective. Every other collectivist experiment has failed.

So here’s the challenge from the Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity: Students, what have you seen, done, or dreamed that makes you proud to be an American who celebrates liberty?

Film it. Post it. Win.
Details: rifreedom.org/america250ri

Submitted March 1, 2026