Harriet Hageman: “I don't think that it is fair to take the position or to imply that by pushing back on the idea...”

So they decided to turn to the courts.

We must stop pretending that America is just an idea, or that we have no shared culture worth fighting for.

I hope that by focusing on America’s 250th anniversary – and looking back over that history with honesty and accuracy — we will reverse these declines.

I am, in fact, optimistic that those festivities we’ve already enjoyed are currently inspiring a new sense of purpose in our national identity.