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The Founding Fathers had a real revolution to overcome before they could win the war

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) build the America 250 time capsule, slated to open in 2276. Fox News' David Spunt reports for 'Special Report.' "What do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war?" former President John Adams asked in a letter to a magazine publisher in 1818, eight years before America’s 50th birthday. This question is fitting today as we celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. His answer is a revelation about the real revolution. Adams understood that the American Revolution began long before the first muskets flared at the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775. He knew it went beyond the battlegrounds and bloodshed of an eight-year war. Nearly 7,000 American soldiers were killed in action, while 17,000 soldiers died of disease. At its core, the revolution was a transform

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Secrets of Revolutionary War battlefields emerge 250 years after America's founding

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Donald Trump hijacked America’s 250 and turned it into a ‘theatre of the absurd’

Trump, laying siege to freedoms and truth itself, is twisting America’s milestone birthday into a joyless occasion Americans: how do you feel about the country’s future after 250 years of independence? This is the…

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The Founding Fathers had a real revolution to overcome before they could win the war

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