American Patriotism Has Always Privileged the Hopes of the Future Over the Sins of the Present

By Dominic ErdozainJune 15, 2026

In June 1826, Thomas Jefferson penned his last-ever letter, an essay on the American project. He had been invited to attend a celebration in Washington, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of American independence, and he politely sent his regrets. Sickness

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