Happy 250th!

n1997y said:

So, many Americans are nicer to foreigners than to fellow citizens of the opposing political party?

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n1997y said:

It’s a glass half full / glass half empty thing.

We don’t have to constantly dwell on them but we also must not sweep them under the carpet and forget about them permanently.

Your last paragraph is truly ironic when at this point in time many citizens of the United States of America feel subjected to tyranny within the United States of America.

Consider these photos of faces in our nation’s capital on July 4, 2026. This was part of our celebration of freedom. If we don’t dwell on it will it stop? Will that young lady be less uncomfortable? Feel more free?

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n1997y said:

Cornwallis surrendered in 1781. So really, 245 years. More or less. Dark complected folk might argue, much less.

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scott99 said:

The Americans of that time, 1776, DECLARED their independence, so we declared independence 250 years ago, it took a few years to finish the war.

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