What We Actually Celebrate on July 4th (and What Trump Can't Take Away)

No matter what Donald Trump and his ethno-nationalist government attempt to do, the enduring heritage of American freedom will take them down.

Here’s what makes America exceptional: While others might fall to a would-be dictator who gains control of their government, we will not. What we celebrate on July Fourth is not the declaration that all are created equal, but the years of struggle since then that taught us to believe it.

The long struggle for freedom and equality in America has many hero…