Our country began with a radical idea: that all men are created equal and each have an inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The history of America is the story of those words struggling to become true.

Occupy History is a blog about the American experience, written by people who support Occupy Wall Street and the Occupy movements around the country. It's an attempt to revive a sense of national memory, to restore context and continuity to the conversation.

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