This Land Was Made for You and Me. Not Just Trump.

By Thomas L. Friedman

When the sun came shining, and I was strollingAnd the wheat fields waving, and the dust clouds rollingAs the fog was lifting a voice was chanting:This land was made for you and me.— Woody Guthrie, “This Land Is Your Land”

When the sun came shining, and I was strollingAnd the wheat fields waving, and the dust clouds rollingAs the fog was lifting a voice was chanting:This land was made for you and me.

— Woody Guthrie, “This Land Is Your Land”

Our country is built on written documents — the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, to name the most important. So to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, my wife, Ann, hosted a special event at Planet Word, the immersive language museum she founded in Washington to promote........

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