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

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The American Revolution began 250 years ago , in a blast of gunshot and a trail of colonial spin.

The Battle of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts is half -known, the myth deeply rooted.

Neither side imagined a war lasting eight years , or confidence in what country would be born out of it.

The semiquincentennial comes as President Trump , the scholarly community and others divide over whether to have a yearlong party.

“I don't think the founders had any sense of a country that some day would have 330 million people," Atkinson said. “Our country is an unfinished project and likely always will be.”.

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