J.C. Newman Ships the America250 Cigar Humidor. Handcrafted in the United States by Milwaukee Humidor Co., this officially licensed humidor features a map of the United States carved from wood, representing each state. With the 4th of July one month away, J.C. Newman Cigar Co. is shipping the America250 Cigar Humidor today. This all-American cigar humidor is handcrafted in the United States by Jason LeGear of Milwaukee Humidor Co. Each humidor contains 50 The American Perfecto cigars, one for each of the 50 states. This is a new 6.25” x 50 size of J.C. Newman’s famous all-American cigar brand. Both the humidor and the cigars will bear the official America250 branding of the United States Semiquincentennial Commission. “J.C. Newman is proud to roll official cigars of the 250th Anniversary of the United States,” said fourth-generation cigar maker Drew Newman. “We are equally proud to release this limited-edition series of America250 cigar humidors. 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 a humidor and cigars handmade in America.” Every part of this project, from the blend of heirloom tobaccos in the cigars to the hinges used in the humidor, is grown or made in the United States. The lid of each humidor features a map of the United States. Using marquetry, LeGear has shaped each state from wood native to that state. LeGear has also inlaid a red, white, and blue border around the map and the U.S. government’s official America250 logo on the front of each humidor. “The tradition of American craft dates back to before the founding of our country, the Native peoples constructing their environment to live and connect with myth, settlers creating novel ways of making furniture in an American tradition all its own, and those of us embracing natural materials to explore art and design,” said LeGear. “I am honored to be woven into the tapestry of American Handcraft in our fine country with the America250 Cigar Humidor. It is my homage to American cigar culture, from the giants of culture like Mark Twain, Orson Welles, Groucho Marx, Ernest Hemingway, and Studs Terkel, to the people who for generations have cultivated, harvested, and created the cigars you now enjoy.” This is the fourth year that J.C. Newman and Milwaukee Humidor Co. have released a limited-edition series of cigar humidors. In 2023, LeGear handcrafted The American All-Star Humidor from the 2011 NBA All-Star Game court. In 2024, he built humidors for the Tampa Bay Lightning with game-used pucks. In 2025, LeGear created the Home Run Humidor using wood from game-used professional baseball bats. Because the wood used in each humidor varies, the 50 humidors are unique works of art. Each humidor has a capacity of 100 to 125 cigars. The suggested retail price is $2,750. “As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of this great nation, I keep in mind two ideals: one from the great patriot Paul Robeson, ‘To be free, to walk the good American earth as equal citizens, to live without fear, to enjoy the fruits of our toil, to give our children every opportunity in life–that dream which we have held so long in our hearts is today the destiny that we hold in our hands,’ and from the Declaration of Independence, ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal,’” said LeGear. “With these are our guiding principles, let us walk into the next 250 years as a nation. E Pluribus Unum, and may God bless America.” Woods Used in the America250 Cigar Humidor: Alabama – Southern White Pine Alaska – Sitka Spruce Arizona – Blue Palo Verde Arkansas – Southern White Pine California – Coast Redwood Colorado – Blue Spruce Connecticut – White Oak Delaware – American Holly Florida – Sabal Palm Georgia – Southern Oak Hawaii – Koa Idaho – Western White Pine Illinois – White Oak Indiana – Tulip Tree Iowa – Red Oak Kansas – Eastern Cottonwood Kentucky – Tulip Poplar Louisiana – Cypress Maine – Eastern White Pine Maryland – White Oak Massachusetts – American Elm Michigan – Eastern White Pine Minnesota – Red Pine Mississippi – Magnolia Missouri – Dogwood, Montana – Ponderosa Pine Nebraska – Eastern Cottonwood Nevada – Piñon Pine New Hampshire – White Birch New Jersey – Red Oak New Mexico – Piñon Pine New York – Sugar Maple North Carolina – White Pine North Dakota – Grey Elm Ohio – Buckeye Tree Oklahoma – Eastern Redbud Oregon – Douglas Fir Pennsylvania – Eastern Hemlock Rhode Island – Red Maple South Carolina – Sabal Palm South Dakota – Blue Spruce Tennessee – Red Cedar Texas – Pecan Utah – Quaking Aspen Vermont – Sugar Maple Virginia – Dogwood Washington – Western Hemlock West Virginia – Sugar Maple Wisconsin – Sugar Maple Wyoming – Eastern Cottonwood About J.C. Newman Cigar Co. Founded in 1895 by Julius Caeser Newman, J.C. Newman Cigar Company is the oldest family-owned premium cigar maker in America. J.C. Newman rolls its El Reloj, Factory Throwouts, and Trader Jacks cigars by hand-operated, vintage cigar machines at its historic cigar factory in Tampa, Florida. It also hand-rolls its Brick House, Perla del Mar, El Baton, and Quorum cigars at the J.C. Newman PENSA cigar factory in Esteli, Nicaragua. J.C. Newman’s Diamond Crown, MAXIMUS, Julius Caeser, and Black Diamond cigars are handmade by Tabacalera A. Fuente in the Dominican Republic. With its longtime partners, the Fuente family, the Newmans founded the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation, which supports low-income families in the Dominican Republic with education, health care, vocational training, and clean water.
