America’s 250th birthday gift should be civic virtue

America turns 250 this year.

The celebrations have begun.

Fireworks, parades, speeches, concerts, reenactments, and patriotic imagery have filled town squares across the country, with more commemorations still to come.

A nation that has endured for a quarter millennium deserves to celebrate its achievements.

But anniversaries should be more than commemorations.

They should be moments […] ...