BYLINE: By Taylor McNeil, Tufts Now As the United States of America celebrates its 250th anniversary, the country’s origin story is a constant presence. But the memory of the American Revolution isn’t fixed—that era has been remembered differently throughout the country’s history. “If we want to answer the questions the Revolution raised, we have to look at it seriously as it was and how it’s been remembered,” says David Ekbladh, professor of history.