Some federal employees bristle at America’s 250th birthday festivities after year of agonizing government overhaul

Barefoot on the wooded shore of Alabama’s Lake Martin, 9-year-old Edward tipped back his head, mouth agape with awe, as fireworks exploded overhead, their echoes reverberating through the towering pines around him.

Some federal employees bristle at America’s 250th birthday festivities after year of agonizing government overhaul
Barefoot on the wooded shore of Alabama’s Lake Martin, 9-year-old Edward tipped back his head, mouth agape with awe, as fireworks exploded overhead, their echoes reverberating through the towering pines around him.