Do the unheard-of thing: As America celebrates 250, our light is kept burning by those who act

By: Jess Westhoff, Christina Bruce-Bennion

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: June 30, 2026

Words: 728

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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On Saturday, the United States of America turns 250. We picture a nation’s founding as a moment in time: a room of important-looking men, a sheet of parchment, a fancy pen. But most of what holds our country together was never signed into being. It was built by hand, year after year, by people willing to do what no one else had stepped up to do. One of these builders began in a borrowed shed …

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