You know, we have always been an optimistic nation. We've never been a perfect nation, and frankly, sometimes we're almost historically illiterate. I was looking at a survey the other day that Almost half the public doesn't know what the Fourth of July is. They know we're celebrating this for our country. They don't know it's the Declaration of Independence and is the reason why we're celebrating it. (26:52–26:58)
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Asserts that nearly 50% of the public is unaware of the significance of the Fourth of July.
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