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American flags blow in wind around the Washington Monument with the U.S. Capitol in the background at sunrise on Jan. 20, 2020, in Washington. (Jon Elswick / AP) 
French historian Alexis de Tocqueville hoped that Americans’ character would guide them to fully realize their national principles, Aubrey Layne, a member of the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission, writes in a guest column.
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