Despite political divisions, America's 250th is worth celebrating. Here’s why | Opinion

The nation’s semiquincentennial is approaching, but not everyone in Miami is greeting it with enthusiasm. Miami Herald opinion columnist Mary Anna Mancuso argues that disagreement with the country’s direction shouldn’t dampen the celebration of America’s founding ideals.

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Here are key takeaways:

• Some Miamians are meeting the 250th anniversary with frustration, particularly critics who object to President Donald Trump leading the nation into its next chapter. Mancuso argues you don’t have to be satisfied with where America is to celebrate what America is.
• Mancuso notes that historian Jon Grinspan’s book “The Age of Acrimony,” chronicles violent political divisions of the 19th century, but Americans still pushed for a better country.
• Demanding that America live up to its founding ideals is one of the most patriotic things a person can do, Mancuso writes, adding that concern isn’t unpatriotic. She says guardrails have been tested and some broken, but the Constitution has endured.
• Miami is one of eight cities hosting the Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents that forged a nation. The traveling exhibit of founding documents opens at the Museum of Miami on June 20.
• The Fourth of July isn’t about who occupies the Oval Office, Mancuso writes. It’s a celebration of independence and the ideals that have sustained the country for 250 years.

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