🇬🇧 UK Jul 4, 2026 · Nick Burns

The end of America’s beginning

New Statesman UK
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America began on July 4, 1776, with the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. From that day onward, this unique “creedal” nation, the United States, has struggled to make good on this promise of liberty and equality for all – and struggles still.



So goes the customary, tidy, stirring and Whiggish narrative that I and millions of other Americans were taught as schoolchildren. As recently as a decade ago, this account dominated, heartily endorsed by politicians from both parties, constan

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