As the United States of America celebrates 240 years since the issuing of the Declaration of Independence and the creation of this nation, Congress is already looking ahead to our 250th birthday and the celebration that will follow.
I’m old enough to remember all the energy surrounding the “Bicentennial” from 1976, marking 200 years of the U.S.A. – I started wondering recently, what are we going to call the 250th birthday of America?
It looks like the Congress has decided to use the word “semiquincentennial” – that’s the term in legislation that will be before the House this week, and a similar
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