This Fourth of July, Michiganders will spend time with family, fire up the grill and enjoy fireworks. But this is a special Fourth of July: This year, we commemorate our nation’s 250th birthday. American democracy is the longest continuous...
What happens when you ask a lot of really smart people to write about America’s 250th? You get a lot of really great columns. For USA 250, we invited Free Press contributing columnists Keith A. Owens, John Lindstrom, John Gallagher, Pamela...
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1776: The Declaration of Independence was unanimously adopted by the 56 delegates of the Second Continental Congress. The document declared the colonies’ intention to separate and be independent from Great Britain. 1802: The U.S....
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