250 years after America went to war for independence, a divided nation battles over its legacy (copy)

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Woody Holton, a professor of early American history at the University of South Carolina, says most scholars agree the rebels of April 1775 weren't looking to leave the empire, but to repair their relationship with King George III and go back to the days preceding the Stamp Act, the Tea Act and other disputes of the previous decade.
32% : Federal judge bans Trump from deporting UW-Madison student or canceling his visa Former Wisconsin men's basketball forward finds transfer destination in hometown Thunderstorms with large hail cause damage in south-central Wisconsin Friday morning Truck pulling excavator strikes Highway 51 bridge near DeForest Rural Wisconsin technical college ranked best in the country Madison's embattled city clerk resigns amid investigation into uncounted ballots Daughter of dead Blue Mounds woman facing homicide charge Woman dead after disturbance reported in Blue Mounds 2-inch hail breaks windows, damages library in Evansville Revoking student visas at UW-Madison is arbitrary, unjust | Jennifer Mnookin Madison police seek to identify woman from fight at Downtown restaurant At contentious Wisconsin elections meeting, Democratic chair threatens to oust Republican official Wisconsin Republican Party adopts rules to remove critical members A bus full of dogs is giving millions a needed stress break Gov. Tony Evers' 400-year school spending veto upheld by Wisconsin Supreme Court History and myth The semiquincentennial comes as President Donald Trump, the scholarly community and others are divided over whether to have a yearlong party leading up to July 4, 2026, as Trump called for, or to balance any celebrations with questions about women, the enslaved and Indigenous people and what their stories reveal.

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