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Collage of influential moments in USA's 250 years.

Illustration by Joan Yang (Getty x36)

Collage of influential moments in USA's 250 years.

Illustration by Joan Yang (Getty x36)

Illustration by Joan Yang (Getty x36)

The USA at 250

The highs and lows of the American experiment

The USA at 250

The highs and lows of the American experiment

A dust-covered Coca-Cola delivery truck sits abandoned in the rubble and steel of the destroyed World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

The Worst Moments in American History

From slavery to 9/11, the American experiment has been rocked by tragedies and injustices, some self-inflicted, others perpetuated upon us.

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Painting of George Washington at the signing of the Constitution at Independence Hall, 1787.

The Greatest Moments in American History

A chronology of the nation’s 10 most important achievements

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Photo collage with portraits of Calvin Coolidge, Sandra Day O'Connor, a photograph of Victory Day celebrations, the Statue of Liberty, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and a still from The Wizard of Oz.

And the Conservatives Say ...

TNR polled a select group of thinkers on the right, too. Here’s what they thought.

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A digitally altered photograph of Mount Rushmore depicting four faces carved into the mountain in place of the original presidents. From left to right: a figure resembling Martin Luther King, FDR, Frederick Douglass, and Lincoln.

The Liberal Mount Rushmore

Who merits inclusion on a progressive version of the monument? Our respondents weighed in.

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