Publisher's Note

I arrived in the land of opportunity in 1995 with an idea about what it might let me do. Thirty years later I am holding 'An Official Publication of America250'. Somebody should note the irony. The man publishing this prestigious publication for America250 was born in London, England—on the wrong side of the argument that started it. America never once held that against me. I have never stopped being grateful for that. It is the dream people talk about, and it is not a slogan. It is a country that asks where you are going rather than where you came from, and then gets out of your way. Group of Nations founded and published the first-ever G7 summit official publication. Then came another summit, and another, and then the G20. Leaders came and went. The summits lasted a weekend.