This week marks the 250th anniversary of American independence. To mark that, I’ll have a series of 250th-themed columns this week. The vote came sometime on the afternoon of July 4, 1776: Thomas Jefferson’s words were now the official position of the Continental Congress — and a new nation. A quarter of them had been scratched out with various objections, but no matter. The Declaration of Independence had been approved. That is where many stori…
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