New York City - We do not teach history well as a nation, and what we teach is often fabled, dramatized, sanitized, and far too U.S.-centric. It’s sometimes wrong, too, especially when it jingoistically places America at the center of everything. America celebrates Independence Day today, here amidst a tall ships parade and fireworks extravaganza on the Hudson River joining festivities nationwide. We do so with caution, however, because of ignorant, hate-filled forces that currently seek to destroy our democracy. Let’s find the humility and grace - two concepts absent from much of today’s political dialogue, especially from one truly dangerous political party - to understand that our great quest for freedom and democracy in the 18th Century was but part of a global mosaic of revolution. We were never in it alone in fighting authoritarianism. The American Revolution occurred within an overarching, global set of conflicts between Britain and France. Its immediate antecedent was the ...
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