Former President Barack Obama praised the legacy of American democracy ahead of 250th anniversary: “A declaration that we are all created equal, endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights, in the newly independent U.S, there will be no kings, lords, serfs or subjects, but only citizens.”
![[OC] I just took a stroll by the Reflecting Pool.](https://i.redd.it/g1d3121h468h1.jpeg)
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