250 years after the American Revolution, lessons for preserving democracy abound

The American Revolution Turns 250 This Weekend. Who Feels Like Celebrating?

Lexington, Massachusetts, marks the anniversary of the “shot heard round the world” with a parade, reenactment, and not-so-quiet resistance.

250 Years After America Went to War for Independence, Divided Nation Battles over Its Legacy

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250 years after America went to war for independence, a divided nation battles over its legacy

NEW YORK (AP) — The American Revolution began 250 years ago, in a blast of gunshot and a trail of colonial spin. Starting with Saturday’s anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the country will look back to its war of independence and ask where its legacy stands today. The semiquincentennial comes as President Donald Trump, the scholarly community and others divide over whether to have a yearlong party leading up to July 4, 2026, a…

Trump Creates New Holiday to Honor the Start of the American Revolution

President Donald Trump has never hidden his love for this country. While many politicians spend their Fourth of July weekends apologizing for America in Ivy... The post Trump Creates New Holiday to Honor the Start of the American Revolution appeared first on Patriot Journal.

250 years after the American Revolution, lessons for preserving democracy abound

The 250th anniversary is a wonderful opportunity to remember and reinvigorate those principles.

Contingency in the American Revolution – Sam Negus

It is now a quarter-millennium since those embattled farmers stood by that arched bridge, flags to April’s breeze unfurled. Just as the Massachusetts militia’s volleys at Lexington and Concord portended innumerable more to follow, John Ferling’s Shots Heard Round the World: America, Britain, and Europe in the Revolutionary War will be a first among many new books timed for the anniversaries of each momentous event in America’s early national his…