J.C. Newman Cigar Co. has entered into an agreement with America250 to roll cigars in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States next year. Beginning next month, cigars produced at J.C. Newman’s El Reloj cigar factory in Tampa will be packaged with the official America250 seal.
“J.C. Newman is proud to roll official cigars of the 250th Anniversary of the United States,” fourth-generation cigar maker Drew Newman said in a press release. “Cigars have been an important part of our country since its founding. Therefore, it is only fitting that we celebrate America’s 250th birthday with cigars handmade in America.”In 2016, Congress established the United States Semiquincentennial Commission to plan and coordinate the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding in 2026. America250, the group charged by Congress to lead the commemoration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, will license its America250 branding for made-in-America products.
