Today it seems like Americans all hate one another. But our country was founded on friendship
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No longer subjects of the British Empire, Americans touted a democratic form of togetherness, thinking of one another as civic equals.
No longer subjects of the British Empire, Americans touted a democratic form of togetherness, thinking of one another as civic equals.