Preparing for the Semiquincentennial

I remember celebrating our country’s bicentennial. No, I’m not continuing last week’s column “Say You’re Old Without Saying Your Age.” At the time, I could count my age with one hand. I was too young to understand politics and had no knowledge of the social upheaval that had gone on in previous years. What I remember was a lot of enthusiastic patriotism. Everythi...

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