Our American forefathers and mothers arrived in a land with nothing and made it into the wealthiest, most powerful nation on the planet. I know how they did it because I’ve been to Kennett, Missouri. My grandparents were two of those who put their hands to the plow, broke up the fallow ground, suffered, and laid the foundations for the nation we enjoy today. The United States celebrates its quarter-millennium this year. America is even older, wi…