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Last month, New York City shocked the world by nominating three Democratic socialists in the Democratic primary for U.S. Congress. The election has essentially secured the candidates’ general election victories in deep-blue New York. 

As the Fourth of July approaches each year, we are reminded that Independence Day is about far more than fireworks and family gatherings.

It’s hard to imagine anything more authentically American than a pair of well-worn blue jeans.  But while the U.S. might’ve popularized the rugged pants, they date back to well before the country’s founding and to the other side of the Atlantic.