Commentary
Ceremonies, traditions, and holidays are important to any group that wishes to be “one people” joined together by something more than mere force or geographic chance.
George Washington, the 1st President of the United States of America and Abraham Lincoln the sixteenth president of the United States. Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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Gary L. Gregg
Author
Gary L. Gregg is director of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville and editor of “Securing Democracy—Why We have an Electoral College.”
