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Dear Reader (especially you yodeling groupies sweating it out in Basel this year),

Happy 250, minus a day. Unless you’re reading this on Saturday, in which case: Happy 250!

When I say “Happy 250,” “Happy Fourth of July,” or “Happy Independence Day,” it doesn’t matter whether you just got your green card or if you’re a family that came over and farmed Massachusetts soil two-and-a-half centuries ago.