Detail from Constantino Brumidi, The Apotheosis of Washington (1865), in the US Capitol Dome. Image courtesy of Flickr.
Detail from Constantino Brumidi, The Apotheosis of Washington (1865), in the US Capitol Dome. Image courtesy of Flickr.
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Part 2 of 2 (Part 1 here)
Who belongs to the nation
Many countries explicitly define who the members of the nation are. This is, in fact, quite normal. The United States did so, in a way — “ourselves and our posterity,” as the Preamble of the Constitution says. This meant the founding population and their descendants, of course. (more…)
