by Antón Chamberlin
August 4, 2026 - Even though the Fourth of July is officially in the rearview mirror now, the country is still basking in the glow of Two-Hundred-and-Fifty. The United States declared independence 250 years ago. Britain recognized that independence eight years later, 242 years ago. Our current governing document, the U.S. Constitution, was ratified 238 years ago. All three could be called our “founding,” but July 4 has stood in for all three. Good enough, as it were, for government work.













