As America marks its 250th anniversary, a simple question arises: what are we really celebrating? Too often, patriotism is reduced to symbols – the biggest flag, the loudest speech, the politician who wraps themselves in the flag the tightest. However, this isn’t what happened 250 years ago.
Two hundred and fifty years ago, ordinary people did something extraordinary. They looked at the most powerful empire on Earth and said, “No.” Not because they wanted a different king, but because they didn’t want a king at all. They believed something the world had never truly tested before: that ordinary people were capable of governing themselves.
Original reporting: The Dakota Scout (Sioux Falls) — read the source article.
