Many of the celebrations are over and the United States of America has reached 250 years old. While the acrid smell of spent gunpowder still wafts on the air, we should recall what an arduous journey, it’s been: through revolution, rebellion, two world wars and various incursions into combat in far-flung places.

Steve Banko, of Buffalo, thinks of commitments many have not made.

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