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The Illustrated London News / Library of Congress The Fourth of July Has Always Been Political
The question is which vision of America it’s being used to advance.
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T. Sully / Library of Congress The Revival of John Quincy Adams
The sixth president, long derided as a hapless elitist, is suddenly relevant again 250 years after his birth.
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Charles Dharapak / AP How the Constitution Was Indeed Pro-Slavery
Unlike Sean Wilentz suggests in The New York Times, the Constitution was not originally anti-slavery.
