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Vivek Ramaswamy marks US 250th with son's birthday celebration
Ramaswamy said it was "an absolute miracle" that the American Revolution resulted in a free republic
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Staff Reporter - Sat, 04, Jul 2026
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Vivek Ramaswamy with his son Arjun. / X
Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said that he will mark the United States' 250th Independence Day on July 4 by celebrating both the nation's founding and his son Arjun's fourth birthday, describing July 4, 1776, as the defining date in the country's history and expressing gratitude for America's founding principles.
In a video message posted on July 4, Ramaswamy said he was celebrating "two things this weekend" — his son Arjun turning 4 and the nation's 250th anniversary.
Calling July 4, 1776, "the most important date in the history of our universe for human freedom and human flourishing," Ramaswamy argued that the signing of the Declaration of Independence, rather than other historical milestones, marked the country's defining moment.
"That's July 4th, 1776. Not 1619, the year the first slaves arrived. Not 1620, the year the Mayflower arrived. It's 1776, the year that Thomas Jefferson and our founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence," he said.
Ramaswamy said it was "an absolute miracle" that the American Revolution resulted in a free republic, contrasting it with revolutions that, in his view, often "start with blood" and "end with tyranny."
Grateful to the greatest nation on Earth. Happy 250. pic.twitter.com/1n0yruXqlr
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) July 3, 2026
He said the Revolution's success could be measured by the country's continued existence 250 years later.
"We know it was successful because here we are, 250 years later, living in a country that allows free Americans like you and me to dream big, to work hard, to take risks, sometimes fail, pick ourselves up and do it again, to raise our families, to pursue our calling, to worship as we see fit, to speak our minds," he said.
Ramaswamy also reflected on the country's founding philosophy, saying the United States began as "a nation built on the radical idea that all men are created equal," with governments deriving "their just powers from the consent of the governed."
Looking ahead, he linked his son's birthday with the nation's future, imagining where both would be 50 years from now when the United States marks its 300th anniversary.
"I'll be 90 and who knows, maybe still around. My son, Arjun, will be turning 54. Our nation will turn 300," he said.
Ramaswamy said his hope was to remain as grateful then as he is today.
"I'm grateful to be the father of the greatest kids I could have wished for. Grateful to be the husband of the greatest wife I could have wished for. Grateful to be a citizen of the greatest nation known to the history of man," he said.
He concluded by describing the United States as "the only nation founded on a set of ideals that were as radical as they are beautiful, and as beautiful as they are true," before wishing Americans a happy Independence Day.
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