Ceramic tile wall in Old Ellicott City celebrates 250 years of American democracy

‘Awesome.’ ‘Sad.’ ‘Let’s keep democracy going.’ - Americans weigh in on state of a 250-year-old nation

WASHINGTON (AP): Across the United States (US), many Americans are celebrating their country’s 250th birthday by closing their ears to all the partisan shouting. All the fingernails-on-chalkboard screeching out of Washington. All the clamour of social media agitprop. Instead, in varied ways, they are tuning into their own personal concepts of America the Beautiful.

Ceramic tile wall in Old Ellicott City celebrates 250 years of American democracy

A wall of ceramic tiles outside Clay Ground studio and gallery on Old Columbia Pike in Old Ellicott City celebrates the nation's 250th anniversary and the values of American democracy.The display, unveiled Friday, is a collaboration between Clay Ground and Lawyers Defending American Democracy."I thought of this project of asking the community to come and make tiles, ceramic tiles of what democracy means to them, I wanted them to know they had a …