Despite a few glimmers of good feeling, today's fierce political divisions have redefined a milestone that has often been marked by unity and optimism, at least for a moment.
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Susan Page,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
There are glimmers in her eyes, pleasant memories quietly unfurling.
Crossed spears of sunlight fall into it but only so far, and beneath their yellow illuminations Brith can see depths and more depths of water, darkening to obscurity.
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Maggie O’Farrell,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
Too bad Illinoisans will not join in the illuminations at home for our nation’s semiquincentennial — at least not legally.
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