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1896 THE GAME OF PRESIDENTS - IN THE WHITE HOUSE PARKER BROTHERS CARD GAME SET
*** EXTREMELY RARE SET BY PARKER BROTHERS INC.
This 1896 "In the White House" PARKER BROTHERS INC. & THE U.S. PLAYING CARD COMPANY is a playing card game featuring cards of U.S. Presidents from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln. The game involved collecting sets of president cards for a matching or collecting purpose, rather than the modern card game of the same name, "White House". This set is both highly collectible and educational. The series showcases the men who can claim to have held the title "President of the United States." This set rarely offered.
The United States Semiquincentennial, also called the Bisesquicentennial, the Sestercentennial, or the Quarter Millennium, will be the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence. Festivities will mark various events leading up to the Declaration's anniversary on the 250th Independence Day: July 4, 2026.
Official planning for the celebrations began in 2016 with the congressional, non-partisan United States Semiquincentennial Commission (America250). In 2025, federal resources were diverted to the Donald Trump-aligned White House Task Force on Celebrating America's 250th Birthday (Freedom250) to promote and plan new events. Celebrations began with the United States Army 250th Anniversary Parade on June 14, 2025, with America250 events formally starting on July 3, 2025.
Planned festivities include commemorative coinage, UFC Freedom 250 at the White House, a "Great American State Fair" at the National Mall, OpSail 2026, a Times Square Ball drop, and the Freedom 250 Grand Prix around the National Mall. Part of the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be held across the United States, with matches in Philadelphia and Houston on the date of the Semiquincentennial.
The Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, voted for the independence of the United Colonies by passing the Lee Resolution on July 2, 1776. The Declaration of Independence, mainly written by Committee of Five member Thomas Jefferson, was proclaimed on July 4, the date on which the anniversary of independence is observed.
There were no major government-sponsored 50th anniversary observances on July 4, 1826, which was the day that the Founding Fathers and former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died. In 1876, the United States organized nationwide centennial observances centered on the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, in 1926, a Sesquicentennial Exposition was held in Philadelphia, and in 1976, bicentennial observances were held throughout the country.
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