Heritage of Freedom?
You mean the heritage of WHITE freedom, don't you?
There has NEVER been a heritage of freedom for every American, so stop lying to yourself about history, and stop lying to all of us.
Even the go***mn Founders lacked courage to free the slaves: they let the slaves make all the sacrifices while the MAN enjoyed the bounty. And then, after Black Americans fought in every war this country ever had, the nation repeatedly put them back "in their place" in the caste system of racial animus they have long endured.
You cannot speak to liberty or to freedom when you have spent most of your existence oppressing natives, Blacks, and women.