Americans reading this are lucky enough to be alive on the 250th anniversary of their country’s declaration of independence. How independent the United States actually is these days or how much the country remains dedicated to the ideals of the founding is highly debatable. What is not debatable is that it was the colonies making a break from old Europe and formally beginning a new nation as a distinct people in their own country. What kind of people? For America’s 150th anniversary, President Calvin Coolidge said in a speech on July 5, 1926, “In its main features the Declaration of...
















