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US turns 250: What is the Declaration of Independence? Is it a symbol of freedom or America's greatest paradox?
Published on: July 1, 2026, 6:08 p.m. | Source: Firstpost
On the US' 250th anniversary, the Declaration of Independence remains fiercely contested over slavery, Indigenous dispossession, constitutional interpretation, and competing narratives like the 1619 Project and the 1776 Commission. Here's why America's founding document continues to shape and divide the nation
