Civics

In honor of America’s 250th anniversary, photographer William Meyers presents a sweeping visual record of civic life—twenty-five years of photographs that capture how ordinary Americans show up for one another, and for the country itself.

Over the past 250 years, the United States has been shaped by an evolving and often contested civic landscape, marked by debate, protest, elections, and acts of public service and neighborliness. While this history includes profound injustices and divisions...