How does one meaningfully mark the 250th anniversary of a declaration of independence — of the launch of a brave and optimistic experiment in representation and democracy?

Should it be about looking backward? Forward? Inward? Outward?

All of the above, I think.

Washington DC-based social sculptor, speaker, and writer Philippa Pham Hughes and Lynn Borton luxuriate in curiosity, this crazy big milestone, and let themselves dream about the next 250 years. 

Image from picryl (public domain media)