How should we think about USA 250? Kansan Lyda Conley and her Wyandot relatives provide an answer.

How should we think about USA 250? Kansan Lyda Conley and her Wyandot relatives provide an answer.

A passage from the Declaration of Independence is seen on display May 8, 2018, at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew DeMillo/Arkansas Advocate)Wander through a grocery store today and you’re bound to see USA 250 branded merchandise, such as star-shaped tater tots, “together we grill” charcoal briquets (emblazoned with a bald eagle), and bags of Doritos “celebrating 250 years of America.” Beneath this sem…