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  sponsored by  The Boston Foundation The Best of  CommonWealth Beacon    OPINION Making the 250th anniversary of our founding matter March 23, 2025 By  Brian Boyles Next month, the eyes of the world will turn to Lexington and Concord. April 19 marks the first battle of the Revolutionary War -- the shot heard 'round the world -- and this year kicks off commemorations of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, events that will unfold across the nation through 2026.     Recent questions about Massachusetts’s readiness for the Semiquincentennial have focused on who bears responsibility for the preparations, how we compare to other states, and where and when the biggest celebrations will take place.  The milestone anniversary is a significant opportunity for economic development. The tourism industry in Massachusetts employs more than 150,000 people, and the coming year should benefit the residents and businesses who depend on trav...

  New from  CommonWealth Beacon DATA PURGE : The Trump administration’s move to purge, alter, or malign a broad swath of public health data has implications far beyond academia. In a conversation on The Codcast, Ariel Beccia, an instructor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, describes how data purges  ripple through society  and what researchers are doing to protect their work. ENERGY TRIP : Eleven legislative leaders   left for Canada  on Thursday with plans to return Saturday. Michael Norton of the State House News Service reports lawmakers describe the trip as “part of a broader strategy to explore affordable, sustainable, and renewable forms of carbon-free energy.” OPINION : Massachusetts is one of the richest per-capita places in the world, write Harris Gruman, executive director of the SEIU Massachusetts State Council and a co-founder of the Raise Up Massachusetts coalition, and state Sen. Patricia Jehlen of Somerville. T...