Kevin Costner honored the history of America and expressed hope for the future in a patriotic post celebrating July 4.
The actor, 68, shared an Instagram photo of himself carrying an American flag from a scene in his award-winning film “Dances With Wolves.”
“Happy Fourth, friends,” he wrote. “I’ve spent my career diving into the history of America—both the ugly and the beautiful parts of it.”
He added, “Today, I celebrate the HOPE that drove our ancestors. May it continue to push us towards a more perfect Union, together.”
Costner starred in “Dances With Wolves” as Union Army Lieutenant John Dunbar, who meets a group of Lakota while on a quest through the American frontier to a military post.
The film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won seven trophies, including two for Costner with best picture and best director.
In 2007, “Dances with Wolves” was preserved by the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally and historically” significant.
Costner is currently working on “Horizon: An American Saga,” a 15-year span pre-and post-Civil War expansion and settlement of the American west.
The end of Kevin Costner’s 18-year marriage to estranged wife Christine Baumgartner marks an unpredictable turn in the Academy Award winner’s public resurgence after finding on-screen success yet again with “Yellowstone.”
In documents obtained by Fox News Digital, Baumgartner first filed for divorce from the “Field of Dreams” actor on May 1, citing “irreconcilable differences.”
The date of separation was listed as April 11, 2023.
Costner and Baumgartner both filed for joint custody of their three children: Cayden, 15, Hayes, 14 and Grace, 12.
A hearing is set for July 5 in the civil case.
