Despite the darkness, I still see signs of hope in America
摘要
该文作者回顾了1976年美国建国两百周年时的个人记忆，并指出尽管美国在实现“自由”方面存在缺陷与矛盾，但国家在近几十年中完成了重大而艰难的事业：领导反法西斯战争、通过民权运动直面内部问题，以及实现登月。作者在当下仍能看到希望。
The last time America celebrated a big anniversary, I was all of three years old. Even so, I retain a few fuzzy memories from a sunny summer afternoon in small-town Michigan: climbing on a cannon in front of the courthouse, watching a parade, and seeing my dad, a veteran and Centreville city councilman, giving a short talk about democracy.
Only later would I realize the significance of the date: July 4th, 1976, America’s bicentennial.
America was imperfect and inconsistent in its approaches to "freedom," but the country had done some big, difficult things in recent decades. We had led the charge to roll back the tide of fascism and Holocaust during World War II. We had begun to confront internal demons through the nonviolent activism of the civil rights movement. And, critically for my own life trajectory, we had landed on the Moon.
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