The Tricentennial
March

What It Is

On July 4, 2076 — the three-hundredth birthday of the United States — Ezz will lead a public march at Fort Ticonderoga, tracing the ground where Henry Knox began hauling sixty tons of artillery through a New England winter to end the siege of Boston. Knox had no protocol, no wearable, and no supplement stack. He had a job to do and legs to do it with.

The march is free and open to every independence walker in the republic. Members, friends, skeptics, grandchildren, and the merely curious are all welcome. You have fifty years' notice. Train accordingly, or don't — walking is forgiving that way.

How the Idea Came About

The longevity industry had a difficult stretch. Its most disciplined practitioner — a man who measured everything measurable, swallowed everything swallowable, and published his biomarkers like weather reports — announced an incurable diagnosis. The dashboards had been immaculate right up until they weren't.

It was around the Fourth of July, and your host — a surgeon who has spent forty years watching what actually keeps people functional — was, frankly, sick and tired of the longevity people. The stacks, the panels, the biological-age scores accurate to the decimal. None of it answers the only question that matters: will you show up?

So, in conversation with West Point graduate Sean McDevitt — founding member of Ezz, and the first to register — we scheduled the appointment. Not a promise to live long — a date to be somewhere, on foot, at eight in the morning, fifty years out. Longevity is a claim. Attendance is a fact.

Practical Matters

Registration

The march is a public event with free registration through Eventbrite. It is, at present, the only event available for 2076 anywhere on the platform. Admission is free.

Crowds & Parking

We anticipate roughly 300,000 attendees. Parking may be an issue; a valet will be provided.

Weather

Upstate New York, on the lake, at eight in the morning. It gets cold, and it will still get cold in 2076. Pack a sweater.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellation is for biohackers, not functional supremacists. We're marching, so get yourself together. Eat right. Stay active. Go to bed at bedtime.