The Atlantic Celebrates America’s 250th Birthday : 1A

From Axarquia to America’s revolution

The tiny village of Macharaviaya, with a population of just 500 inhabitants and tucked away in the Axarquia’s hills, is preparing for something big: the 250th anniversary of American independence. Sure, you might not expect a sleepy Andalusian village to have anything to do with George Washington or the Revolution, right? But Macharaviaya happens to be the birthplace of Bernardo de Galvez… Source

The Atlantic Celebrates America’s 250th Birthday : 1A

As part of a special issue this November, The Atlantic tasked writers and historians with looking at the country’s founding era to find out what America’s political thinkers valued at its beginning.The goal is to remind people in the U.S. about the abstract ideas enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and other important revolutionary documents. And, how reconnecting with those ideals might help us as we struggle to keep…

The Atlantic celebrates America’s 250th birthday

We sit down to discuss the founding of the country and where we’re going next.