Leid Stories 07.02.20

After 244 Years of Independence, What's Your Version of Being 'American'?

On July 4, the nation commemorates 244 years of independence from Britain and its official beginnings as a new, free nation. 

In many parts of the world, achieving national independence is cause for great celebration. But in the United States and its territories, well-choreographed, razzle-dazzle celebrations mock the truth of how this nation, and our national identity, came to be--and  in so many ways, still is.

Leid Stories asks: What's your version of what it means to be American?   

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