There are only four mythic American stories: the American Revolution, when the country freed itself from a monarchy; the Civil War, when the country was made whole; World War II, when the country saved the world from totalitarianism; and the Beatles' invasion of the U.S., which unified 70-million-plus American baby boomers, gave a generation a voice and…
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