Celebrating Our Declaration of Independence Abroad
Independence Day was never more meaningful than when I was a mid-teen.
Sounds weird, but true—and requires explanation.
From the age of 15 through 19 (and beyond), I lived in a foreign country where no July 4th celebrations took place.
Worse, that foreign country was Great Britain, for which American indep…
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