{"id":216,"date":"2026-07-05T15:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T10:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=216"},"modified":"2026-07-05T15:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T10:05:11","slug":"ford-motor-company-opens-free-america-250-exhibit-at-union-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"Ford Motor Company opens free America 250 exhibit at Union Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; As dozens of travelers arrived at <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5199167\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/washington-dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Union Station Wednesday morning<\/a>, many stopped to photograph historic Ford Motor Co. cars, trucks, tractors and artifacts celebrating America&#8217;s 250th anniversary and the automaker&#8217;s role in shaping the nation.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">For two weeks, Ford is hosting &#8220;Driving America Forward: A Ford Experience at Union Station,&#8221; a free public exhibit showcasing vehicles and artifacts from the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5199168\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/travel\/general\/museums-exhibits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ford Heritage Vault in Dearborn<\/a> that trace the company&#8217;s legacy, from the Model T, the iconic mass-produced car, to a 1934 Ford pickup on loan from legendary late-night host Jay Leno.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The exhibit, part of Ford&#8217;s marquee America 250 celebrations, features 10 vehicles displayed behind museum-quality glass, including a 1941 Ford GP prototype that helped lead to the military Jeep, a 1951 Ford 8N tractor, a 1954 F-100 from Virginia&#8217;s Red Truck Bakery and a 2026 <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5199169\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/auto\/formula-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oracle Red Bull Racing Formula One<\/a> car. Visitors can also create a free postcard at an interactive photo station and shop for Ford merchandise.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;America&#8217;s celebrating its 250th anniversary,&#8221; Ted Ryan, Ford&#8217;s archives and heritage brand manager, told Fox News Digital. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been here for almost half of that journey, and we&#8217;ve had such a material impact on America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5199170\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/historic-big-boy-steam-locomotive-draws-crowds-america-250-tour-heads-east\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>HISTORIC BIG BOY STEAM LOCOMOTIVE DRAWS CROWDS AS AMERICA 250 TOUR HEADS EAST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/Ford-Union-Station-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/Ford-Union-Station-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/Ford-Union-Station-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/Ford-Union-Station-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/Ford-Union-Station-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/Ford-Union-Station-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/Ford-Union-Station-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/Ford-Union-Station-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/Ford-Union-Station-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Ford Vehicles\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Historic Ford vehicles are on display at &#8220;Driving America Forward: A Ford Experience,&#8221; a free exhibit at Union Station in Washington, D.C., celebrating America&#8217;s 250th anniversary.<\/span> <span>(Fox News Digital\/Kiera McDonald)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Whether it&#8217;s industrializing, <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5199171\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/columns\/american-innovation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">building the moving assembly line<\/a>, mass transportation with the Model T, the best-selling car in the world for a number of years, or even the tractor that transformed farming. Ford has been there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Ryan said the exhibit was designed to turn heads and reveal surprising stories about the company&#8217;s influence on American industry, transportation and pop culture over the past 123 years.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;I was challenged to create an exhibit that would stop people in their tracks to take pictures or learn new facts about the Ford Motor Company,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So we have 10 amazing vehicles that go throughout our entire 124-year history&#8230; These are cars that are stopping people in their tracks, and then the exhibit cases are full of material that will tell people stories they don&#8217;t expect to hear.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5199172\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/lds-church-celebrates-delivering-65m-meals-across-50-states-america250-anniversary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>LDS CHURCH CELEBRATES DELIVERING 6.5M MEALS ACROSS ALL 50 STATES FOR AMERICA250 ANNIVERSARY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/Ford-Exhibit.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/Ford-Exhibit.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/Ford-Exhibit.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/Ford-Exhibit.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/Ford-Exhibit.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/Ford-Exhibit.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/Ford-Exhibit.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/Ford-Exhibit.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/Ford-Exhibit.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Ford exhibit\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>The free exhibit is open daily through July 14 at Union Station in Washington, D.C.<\/span> <span>(Fox News Digital\/Kiera McDonald)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">In a news release, Ryan said Union Station was a fitting location because it has &#8220;a particular kind of magic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;For more than a century, it has served as the front door to <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5199173\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/white-house-blasts-washington-posts-claim-reflecting-pool-looks-almost-same-after-trump-renovations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the nation&#8217;s capital<\/a>, a place where presidents have arrived to be inaugurated, where soldiers have shipped off to war, and where ordinary Americans, by the millions, have stepped off a train and into the heart of their democracy,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">But Ryan said Ford&#8217;s contributions to America go far beyond building cars.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Ford built Mission Control at <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5199174\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/new-air-force-one-takes-flight-trump-unveils-revamped-presidential-aircraft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johnson Space Center<\/a>,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We developed tracking beams for airplanes. Ford invented the mail sorter. Hopefully we&#8217;re teaching people about the critical role that Ford has played in America during half of its 250 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5199175\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/minnesota-brothers-lauded-patriotism-raising-60k-veterans-group-lemonade-stand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>MINNESOTA BROTHERS LAUDED FOR PATRIOTISM AFTER RAISING $60K FOR VETERANS GROUP WITH LEMONADE STAND<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/Ford-artifacts.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/Ford-artifacts.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/Ford-artifacts.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/Ford-artifacts.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/931\/523\/Ford-artifacts.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1862\/1046\/Ford-artifacts.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/720\/405\/Ford-artifacts.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1440\/810\/Ford-artifacts.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/Ford-artifacts.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Ford exhibit\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>The exhibit highlights Ford&#8217;s 124-year legacy and its impact on American transportation and innovation.<\/span> <span>(Fox News Digital\/Kiera McDonald)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Ryan said the vehicles are meant to spark memories for visitors, whether they remind someone of their first car, a family road trip or a vehicle passed down through generations.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;I hope people take wonderful photos of cars that remind them of vehicles Ford has produced that they fell in love with, and that they&#8217;ll leave with information they didn&#8217;t know ahead of time,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Through wars, natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic, Ryan said Ford has consistently stepped up to support the country through its &#8220;Answering the Call&#8221; initiative, which highlights the company&#8217;s long history of helping the nation during times of need.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Ford is always there and always will be there to answer the call whenever America or our local communities need us,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">As visitors walk through the exhibit, Ryan hopes they leave with a deeper appreciation for Ford.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;America&#8217;s turning 250, and it&#8217;s a great time to celebrate,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Ford has been here for half of it, and we&#8217;re doing our best to tell our story and the role we&#8217;ve played in America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The exhibit is open daily through July 14, with no tickets or registration required.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Kiera McDonald is a Production Assistant for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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