America’s 250th birthday celebration is replacing history with toxic myth | Judith Levine

This year’s events will be a mélange of Trumpian egotism, Maga populism and Christian nationalismMusicians who dropped out of the Great American State Fair said they were tricked.“I HAVE INFORMED MY AGENTS THAT I WILL NOT BE PERFORMING AT THE FREEDOM 250 EVENT,” wrote the rapper Young MC on Facebook of the first major celebration of the US’s 250th birthday. “The artists were never told about any political involvement with the event. And despite the claims by the organizers that the event is nonp...