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The American Revolution shows us how sad and thin Trump's vision of the country is
Published: 4 July 2019
On July 4, 1970, President Nixon tried to claim America鈥檚 birthday for his 鈥渟ilent majority鈥� by hosting Honor America Day in Washington, D.C. It didn鈥檛 go well. Crowds of Nixon supporters clashed with antiwar demonstrators, hippies swam naked in the reflecting pool, and the bitter divisions of that era ruined what has traditionally been a star-spangled but lighthearted day for hotdogs and baseball.
[Op-ed] - J.M. Opal, Chair of the Department of History and Classical Studies