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As we are getting ready for our cookouts, fireworks, and s’mores around the fire today, this 4th of July we celebrate an impressive milestone for this daring American experiment. For two hundred and fifty years, we have endeavored to create a more perfect union. It is a place where one can be born into this bold experiment, while others can seek sanctuary on our shores and pledge to become an American. It is a thread that wove its way through two and a half centuries to strengthen the fabric of our nation.