Celebrating America Shouldn’t Be Such a Partisan Task

Our Back Pages / June 26, 2026 How did anniversary events become so politically charged? Ad Policy An American flag flies during a rally. (Dedan Photography / Shutterstock) By 1973, three years before the United States was set to celebrate its 200th birthday, the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (ARBC), an official government body tasked with…

Celebrating America Shouldn’t Be Such a Partisan Task