The USA at 250 | The Highs and Lows of the American Experiment

A quarter of a millennium has passed since the Founders declared our independence. Our achievements stretch from a declaration at a Statehouse in Pennsylvania to Stars and Stripes planted on the moon; our failures are tallied in tragedies starting with human enslavement. “It’s an argument, an ongoing, blessed, sacred argument—an argument about what course the country should take to form a more perfect union.” —Bruce Springsteen

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