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How Americans are feeling about the country's 250th anniversary, according to new polls

WASHINGTON — Parties, protests, displays of historic documents, odes to the Founding Fathers — and a massive political rally by the president — will mark a deeply polarized nation’s 250th anniversary on this Fourth of July. Pomp and circumstance will abound for the semiquincentennial as the similar...

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What happened How Americans are feeling about the country's 250th anniversary, according to new polls.
The headline split The left frames it as "Get ready for the semiquincentennial: Americans celebrate a 250th anniversary". The center frames it as "How Americans are feeling about the country's 250th anniversary, according to new polls".
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Left / center-leftGet ready for the semiquincentennial: Americans celebrate a 250th anniversary

Iowa Capital Dispatch · Center-left · News report

CenterHow Americans are feeling about the country's 250th anniversary, according to new polls

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Iowa Capital DispatchNews report · Jun 24, 7:26 PM

Get ready for the semiquincentennial: Americans celebrate a 250th anniversary

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WASHINGTON — Parties, protests, displays of historic documents, odes to the Founding Fathers — and a massive political rally by the president — will mark a deeply polarized nation’s 250th a...

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Pittsburgh Post-GazetteNews report · Jun 24, 7:17 PM

How Americans are feeling about the country's 250th anniversary, according to new polls

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