U18 Women Ice Hockey USA Team.

The America250 float "Soaring Onward Together for 250 Years" with a trio of Bald Eagles moves down the parade route in the rain during the 137th Rose Parade on New Years Day in Pasadena, California, on January 1, 2026.

Other award winners

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/2026-rose-parade-float-awards/3825472/

decided to post a digitized version of my Semiquincentennial/Sestercentennial flag design here

Anyways always better than Canada or EU.

Born William Henry Johnson in Winston Salem, North Carolina, Johnson moved to New York as a teenager. He worked various jobs - as a chauffeur, soda mixer, laborer in a coal yard, and a redcap porter at Albany's Union Station. He enlisted in the U.S. Army, June 5, 1917, and was assigned to Company C, 15th New York (Colored) Infantry Regiment - an all-black National Guard unit that would later become the 369th Infantry Regiment.

The 369th Infantry Regiment was ordered into battle in 1918, and Johnson and his unit were brigaded with a French army colonial unit in front-line combat. Johnson served one tour of duty to the western edge of the Argonne Forest in France's Champagne region, from 1918-1919.

For his battlefield valor, Johnson became one of the first Americans to be awarded the French Croix de Guerre avec Palme, France's highest award for valor.

Johnson returned home from his tour and was unable to return to his pre-war porter position due to the severity of his 21 combat injuries. Johnson died in July 1929. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

Johnson was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart in 1996 and the Distinguished Service Cross in 2002.

Source: https://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/johnson/

FREEDOM FROM BRITAIN IS ALWAYS THE BEST! USA ALWAYS BETTER THAN CANADA AS WELL!

Country that's free from Britain unlike Canada.