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Get ready for a whole lot of history rewrites and outright nationalist mythinformation as Trump celebrates the 250 anniversary of US "independence" from Britain and the fiction that is the American "revolution" - excellent long read about how inconsequential 1776 was in the global context at the time. Well worth the read and sharing with school aged children. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/11/republic-and-empire-trevor-burnard-andrew-jackson-oshaughnessy-book-review-freedom-round-the-globe-sarah-pearsall