DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 20 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: The America 250 - Colorado 150 commission is created in History Colorado to develop programs and plan for the official observance across Colorado of the semiquincentennial anniversary of the founding of the United States, as marked by the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and the sesquicentennial anniversary of Colorado statehood. for a term expiring at the pleasure of the Governor  more