As we celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday, the fireworks bursting in our skies mark one of history’s greatest improbabilities.
In 1776, there was no guarantee that 13 divided colonies would defeat the world’s most powerful empire, or that a declaration penned in defiance would become the foundation of the world’s oldest constitutional republic.
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